Psilocybin‐assisted therapy leads to personality shifts in patients with alcohol use disorder

Adults with alcohol use disorder who received two sessions of psilocybin‐assisted therapy demonstrated personality shifts toward normalization of abnormal trait expression, a secondary analysis of a randomized trial has found. A decrease in impulsiveness was found to be associated with reduced drinking post‐treatment, with the strongest effect for psilocybin‐treated individuals who had engaged in moderate‐ or high‐risk drinking before treatment.