Queenslanders suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and treatment-resistant depression will soon have access to MDMA and magic mushrooms through their private health insurance, saving tens of thousands of dollars.

The world-leading psychotherapy program involves the prescribed use of psychedelic substances MDMA and psilocybin, commonly known as magic mushrooms, and will be delivered by authorised practitioners at private mental health hospital Avive Health in Windsor.

Private health provider Medibank will offer the service to eligible customers after becoming the first insurer in Australia to launch a fully rebated psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy program for PTSD and TRD treatment in Perth this year.

Medibank chief medical officer and practising psychiatrist Dr Andrew Wilson said

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