Cancer Patient Overcomes Anxiety About Death With Psychedelics

Kerry Pappas was diagnosed with stage III lung cancer in 2013. After participating in a psilocybin study, she lost her crippling anxiety about death. "60 Minutes" reports on the therapeutic use of psychedelics. Click here for the full story: cbsn.ws/2phQBKv

Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" Channel HERE: bit.ly/1S7CLRu
Watch Full Episodes of "60 Minutes" HERE: cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F
Get more "60 Minutes" from "60 Minutes: Overtime" HERE: cbsn.ws/1KG3sdr
Relive past episodies and interviews with "60 Rewind" HERE: cbsn.ws/1PlZiGI
Follow "60 Minutes" on Instagram HERE: bit.ly/23Xv8Ry
Like "60 Minutes" on Facebook HERE: on.fb.me/1Xb1Dao
Follow "60 Minutes" on Twitter HERE: bit.ly/1KxUsqX
Follow "60 Minutes" on Google+ HERE: bit.ly/1KxUvmG

Get unlimited ad-free viewing of the latest stories plus access to classic 60 Minutes archives, 60 Overtime, and exclusive extras. Subscribe to 60 Minutes All Access HERE: cbsn.ws/23XvRSS

Get the latest news and best in original reporting from CBS News delivered to your inbox. Subscribe to newsletters HERE: cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T

Get your news on the go! Download CBS News mobile apps HERE: cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8

Get new episodes of shows you love across devices the next day, stream local news live, and watch full seasons of CBS fan favorites anytime, anywhere with CBS All Access. Try it free! bit.ly/1OQA29B

---
"60 Minutes," the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. "60 Minutes" has won more Emmy Awards than any other primetime broadcast, including a special Lifetime Achievement Emmy. It has also won every major broadcast journalism award over its tenure, including 24 Peabody and 18 DuPont Columbia University awards for excellence in television broadcasting. Other distinguished awards won multiple times include the George Polk, RTNDA Edward R. Murrow, Investigative Reporters and Editors, RFK Journalism, Sigma Delta Chi and Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Reporting. "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS Sept. 24, 1968. The correspondents and contributors of "60 Minutes" are Bill Whitaker, Steve Kroft, Scott Pelley, Lesley Stahl, Anderson Cooper, Sharyn Alfonsi, Jon Wertheim and Norah O'Donnell. "60 Minutes" airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.

  • Cancer patient overcomes anxiety about death with psychedelics ( Download)
  • Themes From Patients' Experiences in the NYU Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety Study - Anthony Bossis ( Download)
  • Stephen Ross & Gabby Agin Liebes: Psilocybin for Cancer Related Anxiety & Depression - NYU Trial ( Download)
  • How LSD and shrooms could help treat anxiety, addiction and depression ( Download)
  • Alex Sielaff -- On The Role of Death Anxiety in Psychedelic Therapy ( Download)
  • Dealing With Death Anxiety - We Really Do Have A Choice ✨ ( Download)
  • Psilocybin Therapy for Cancer Anxiety - Thomas Hartle & Dr. Bruce Tobin ( Download)
  • Johns Hopkins Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety Study Patient Interview ( Download)
  • Pam Sakuda speaks on Psilocybin to Treat Anxiety for Cancer Patients ( Download)
  • Fear of Death 3 #anxiety #coloncancer #cancer #depression #mentalhealth #subconsciousmind #death ( Download)
  • The NYU Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety Research Project’s Psychedelic Psychotherapy Training ( Download)
  • Gregory Roufa describes virtual reality experiences that help patients process death anxiety ( Download)
  • Psilocybin and Cancer Anxiety - Part 1 of 2 ( Download)
  • Psychedelic drug could help with anxiety and stress disorders ( Download)
  • Gabby Agin-Liebes - Can Psilocybin Help Ease Anxiety & Depression for Those Who Are Facing Death ( Download)