{"id":809764,"date":"2026-08-11T06:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/809764\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:22:12","slug":"alabama-va-facilities-to-study-psilocybin-for-depression-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/809764\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama VA facilities to study psilocybin for depression treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama VA facilities to study psilocybin for depression treatment<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c90ca2ca-9bdb-4afe-ad06-115b540c5767_1729194038.jpeg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Shannon Delcambre\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>BIRMINGHAM, Ala. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Two VA facilities in Alabama are participating in a clinical trial to test a psychedelic drug as a possible treatment for depression.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The Birmingham and Tuscaloosa VA facilities are among five sites involved in the study.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in certain mushrooms, will be studied in veterans with treatment-resistant depression, including some with PTSD.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Treatments will be administered in controlled clinical settings with psychological support. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Around the country: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/national-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National coverage from WVTM 13<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alabama VA facilities to study psilocybin for depression treatment BIRMINGHAM, Ala. \u2014 Two VA facilities in Alabama are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[24893,97,259,260],"class_list":["post-809764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-birmingham","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}