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Trump’s mental health order pushes psychedelic treatment research | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · · 841 words · By ITAMAR GROTTO
Mental Health Crisis Psychedelic Medicine Regulatory Reform
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The executive order signed by US President Donald Trump to accelerate research, evaluation, and responsible access to innovative treatments for severe mental health conditions, including psychedelic-assisted therapies”
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Two independent web search results (AOL and another news source) explicitly confirm that President Donald Trump signed an executive order to accelerate research and approval of psychedelic-based therapies, specifically mentioning ibogaine and conditions like PTSD and depression.
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday that aims to accelerate research and approval of psychedelic-based therapies, especially drugs like ibogaine, for conditions such as PTSD, dep…
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-signs-executive-order-acc…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to speed the use of psychedelic drugs as a potential treatment for serious mental illness.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/04/18/tru…
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“the goal is not to “circumvent science,” but to remove bureaucratic barriers that delay research and responsible access to potentially transformative therapies”
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While the existence of the executive order is confirmed in Claim 0, the provided evidence for Claim 1 does not contain the specific wording or the stated goal regarding 'circumventing science' or 'removing bureaucratic barriers'. The search results provided for this claim are irrelevant or discuss different orders.
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web search NEUTRAL — Environmental Education Research 8: 239-260.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1350462022014540…
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web search NEUTRAL — Also on Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order targeting transgender medical care for under 19s. He has signed a number of orders since taking office, aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration a…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ced961egp65o
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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration’s proposed budget threatens to dismantle key supports for mental health care across the country. In April, it called for eliminating federal grants that fund school counselors…
https://newrepublic.com/article/194867/may-mental-health-awa…
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“The writer is a physician specializing in public health and epidemiology, former deputy director-general of Israel’s Health Ministry and former head of Public Health Services.”
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Evidence from PsyRx announcements and related articles identifies the author (Itamar Grotto) as having helped in national strategy developments during the coronavirus outbreak in Israel and serving as a high-level health official. While the specific 'deputy director-general' title is implied by the context of his leadership in national strategy and his role at PsyRx, multiple sources confirm his high-level medical and public health background in Israel.
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web search NEUTRAL — that are personally relevant and even empowering. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Data Detectives Clubs provide data activities and challenges built around a science adventure novel, The Pr…
https://www.imaginesci.org/pdf/CIDSEE+Imagine+Science+Overvi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Invest in the people who empower youth to see themselves in a world they can impact, where science and engineering can be lenses for a better future. Boys & Girls Clubs, 4-H clubs, Girls Inc., and Ys …
https://imaginesci.org/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17752651…
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web search NEUTRAL — Imagine Science. The official site of the national STEM collaboration of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Girls Inc., National 4-H Council and the YMCA of the USA.
https://imaginesci.org/national-alliance?gad_campaignid=1775…
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“He served on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization and led major strategic initiatives within Israel’s healthcare system.”
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The provided evidence for the WHO claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the WHO structure and a different executive order. There is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming the author's membership on the Executive Board of the WHO.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3.2 World Health Assembly and Executive Board. 3.3 Director-General. 3.4 Global institutions. 3.5 Personnel. 3.6 Goodwill Ambassadors. 3.7 Medical Society of the World Health Organization.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization
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web search NEUTRAL — The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.© WHO / Antoine Tardy High-level welcome of the 79th World Health Assembly at the Assembly Hall at Pal…
https://www.who.int/
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web search NEUTRAL — (b) Executive Order 13987 of January 25, 2021 (Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government to Provide a Unified and Effective Response to Combat COVID–19 and to Provide United States Leader…
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/with…
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“He is a full professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and author of more than 220 scientific publications.”
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The evidence confirms Ben-Gurion University exists and has professors, but the provided search results do not explicitly confirm that the specific author of the article is a full professor there with 220+ publications.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ben-Gurion University was established in 1969 as the University of the Negev with the aim of promoting the development of the Negev desert, which comprises more than sixty percent of Israel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Gurion_University_of_the_N…
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web search NEUTRAL — Gelfand, an associate professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and a researcher at the French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, has spent much of his career ch…
https://www.jpost.com/environment-and-climate-change/article…
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web search NEUTRAL — Affiliations. 1 Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel. 2 Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal 700073, India.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37397557/
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“He currently serves as chairman of PsyRx, which is developing an ibogaine-based treatment for severe depression.”
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Multiple independent sources (PsyRx announcement, a psychiatry article, and Psychedelic Finance) confirm that Itamar Grotto is the chairman of PsyRx and that the company is developing ibogaine-based treatments for depression.
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web search NEUTRAL — Grotto also helped in national strategy developments during the coronavirus outbreak in Israel for the first time. He will also enable PsyRx to finish developing the production capabilities of GMP-gra…
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/mind-and-spirit/ar…
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web search NEUTRAL — Itamar Grotto, chairman of PsyRx, argues that “mental health can no longer remain the healthcare system’s backyard.” Recently listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, PsyRx is developing a novel treatme…
https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/f0agymu3u
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web search NEUTRAL — About PsyRx Ltd: PsyRx, a psychedelic pharmaceuticals company based in Israel and Licensed by the Israeli Ministry of Health to conduct R&D in the psychedelic substances Psilocybin and Ibogaine...
https://www.psychedelicfinance.com/articles/psyrx-announces-…
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