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For What Can Services Learn from Men Seeking Psychedelic Therapy?

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Art and photography credits, clockwise from top right: Deana Lawson, ‘Sons of Cush’ (2020); Catherine Opie, ‘Rusty’ (2020); Still from The Sopranos (HBO, 1998); Mars-1, ‘Untitled’ (2010)