内容摘要：“I feel like everybody needs at least one furry friend in their life,” Nnadi said.

“I feel like everybody needs at least one furry friend in their life,” Nnadi said.

Solutions abroad can be translated to the U.S., experts believe. For example, many European countries make it easier to get prenatal and postpartum care that involves both doctors and non-physicians like midwives, said Dr. Laurie Zephyrin, a senior vice president at the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund who studies maternal care across nations.Marie Jean Denis, left, is examined by Jennie Joseph, lead midwife and clinic director at the Commonsense Childbirth clinic. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Marie Jean Denis, left, is examined by Jennie Joseph, lead midwife and clinic director at the Commonsense Childbirth clinic. (AP Photo/John Raoux)Joseph’s organization — called Commonsense Childbirth — is a smaller-scale example of that type of care.It has clinics, a birthing center and training for health professionals. The midwives who run the program welcome vulnerable patients that other practices turn away, such as those who are uninsured or haven’t had prenatal care until late in pregnancy.

About half the patients and much of the staff, including Joseph, are people of color. Research shows Black Americans are more likely to distrust the medical system than their white counterparts, but Joseph stresses building trust.Jennie Joseph, back left, lead midwife and clinic director at the Commonsense Childbirth clinic talks with client Regine Baramore as husband Scott holds six-week-old daughter, Yahareice. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Jennie Joseph, back left, lead midwife and clinic director at the Commonsense Childbirth clinic talks with client Regine Baramore as husband Scott holds six-week-old daughter, Yahareice. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

“We have these four tenets that go with my model: access, connection, knowledge and empowerment,” she said. Some patients “cry because they’ve never had that kind of care or respect.”The potential has spurred an

to conduct early trials of microdoses of LSD for severe depression and in cancer patients experiencing despair.Meanwhile, few rigorous studies of psilocybin microdosing have been done.

Psilocybin mushrooms are the most often used among psychedelic drugs, according to a report by the nonpartisan Rand research group.that 8 million people in the U.S. used psilocybin in 2023 and half of them reported microdosing the last time they used it.