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The way it was worded I read that it was intended to induce demoralization, rather than combat it.

That's how I read it, too and was like 'Oh, that doesn't sound like a great research...'

I read it that way too. Maybe it should be of instead of for? Not a native speaker, just wondering.

It's not the best-written title ever, but in general when you see "therapy for X" it means "therapy to cure X", rather than "therapy to cause X".

This is definitely a confusing sentence, especially for a non English speaker. You can reword the sentence and add something in front (e.g. "The researchers"). "The researchers are using psilocybin assisted group therapy for demoralization in long term AIDS survivors."

AIDS surviors have "demoralization in them". The psilocybin assisted group therapy is being used for that demoralization.

> especially for a non English speaker

If you don't speak English, every word will be confusing.

You go through therapy for an issue.

I'd change "for" to "to treat".

Even "group therapy OF demoralization" would add clarity imho, for non-native speakers.

That phrase doesn't mean anything to me, I've never heard some one talk about "therapy of depression"; it's always "therapy for" or "therapy to treat".

(Native American English speaker here.)

To me, a native-english speaker from Britain, it groups like:

> (Psilocybin-assisted group therapy) for (demoralization) in (long-term AIDS survivors).

The 'for' reads to me as 'to induce', rather than 'to treat'. Changing it to 'to treat' is MUCH easier to read imo

How do you feel about "addressing"

That too, would work.

So you speak Navajo? Hehe just poking fun. "Therapy for the treatment of.." is much more common, yes.

Rarely does the word therapy carry the connotation of inducing a condition.

Really? What does "electro-shock therapy" mean to you?

Efficacy aside, electroshock therapy is intended to treat a given disorder, not to induce some disorder. Any pain or side effects of being shocked is separate from the underlying disorder. So "Bob was given electroshock therapy for his schizophrenia" means Bob was shocked to treat his schizophrenia, not induce it.

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