NOVA · SEASON 49
Can Psychedelics Cure?
Episode 14 · 2022-10-19

- Documentary
Episode overview
Hallucinogenic drugs—popularly called psychedelics—have been used by human societies for thousands of years. Today, scientists are taking a second look at many of these mind-altering substances – both natural and synthetic – and discovering that they can have profoundly positive clinical impacts, helping patients struggling with a range of afflictions from addiction to depression and PTSD.
54 minutes
Season 49 episodes
1. Arctic Sinkholes2022-02-02
2. Secrets in the Scat2022-02-09
3. Great Mammoth Mystery2022-02-16
4. Augmented2022-02-23
5. Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's2022-04-06
6. Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence2022-05-11
7. Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day2022-05-11
8. Why Ships Crash2022-05-18
9. Ice Age Footprints2022-05-25
10. Ultimate Space Telescope2022-07-13
11. Saving Venice2022-09-28
12. Ending HIV in America2022-10-05
13. Computers v. Crime2022-10-12
14. Can Psychedelics Cure?2022-10-19
15. Ocean Invaders2022-10-26
16. Nazca Desert Mystery2022-11-02
17. Crypto Decoded2022-11-09
18. Zero to Infinity2022-11-16
19. Rebuilding Notre Dame2022-12-14