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I should say that I still do not feel we have enough resources to answer this question adequately. So, however attractive and sensible this idea seems to you, I suggest we consider it a hypothesis. Before discussing how psychedelics may help prevent mental health problems, first let’s take a look at the scale of the mental health problems facing humanity. magic mushroom spore kit australia

Why Prevention Is So Important

Mental health problems are one of the major challenges of humanity. Around 450 million people now live with some kind of mental or behavioral problem. And we may expect this number to be even higher due to the pandemic. Depression is the major contributor to suicides, which number close to 800 000 per year and is the 20th cause of death. In one prospective study, one in ten patients with depressive disorder magic mushroom spore kit australia attempted suicide in five years. From the economic point of view, the direct and indirect costs of mental health conditions on the global level were estimated in 2010 to be US$2.5 trillion and are expected to double by 2030, according to a study published by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health. magic mushroom spore kit australia

There are also high rates of comorbidity with physical health problems such as obesity, hypertension, cancer, and heart disease, among others. According to some studies, it is estimated that patients in a public mental health system live, on average, decades less compared to the rest of population. Available psychiatric treatment is not effective for everyone and often not sufficient to achieve the full recovery, e.g. it is reported that up to 50% of patients do not respond to their first treatment with antidepressant medications. It seems that purely reactive psychiatric treatments are unlikely to provide a satisfactory solution to this massive public health care problem. magic mushroom spore kit australia

Much research and practice has been focused on mental illnesses rather than well-being or optimal human functioning. I don´t think such a strict division between illnesses and health is accurate or helpful. I see it more as a scale with different levels of severity and consequence caused by our everyday life situations, choices, and mental life. This is in line with the definition of health by the WHO, which describes it as: magic mushroom spore kit australia