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Toward Embodied Healing: Feasibility of a Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for Partially Recovered Anorexia Nervosa and Persistent Body Image Disturbance. A Manualised, Three-Dose, Open-Label Case Study

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Open-label, single-group Phase I feasibility study (n=10) of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy (one 5 mg then two 25 mg oral doses) for body image disturbance in women with prior anorexia nervosa.

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Participants receive manualised body image–focused psychotherapy: four 90-minute preparatory sessions, three supervised dosing sessions (5 mg at week 5; 25 mg at week 6; 25 mg at week 10), and seven integration sessions across weeks 5–16.

Feasibility and safety outcomes include audit of enrolment, session attendance and withdrawal logs; clinical assessments of body image disturbance and regular follow-up assessments through week 40 post-enrolment.

Topics:Eating Disorders

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Registry linkACTRN12624000343505p