Psychedelic-therapy clinics such as this one need to be accessible to all. Credit: Cole Burston/AFP/Getty

More than one billion people globally live with a mental-health condition. Collectively, these disorders are now the world’s leading cause of disability. Depression and anxiety alone cost the global economy an estimated US$1 trillion every year.

The grand plan to transform psychiatry — by personalizing mental-health care

Conventional pharmacological approaches to improving mental health are falling short. However, two Nature News features this week report on innovations that indicate a shift is under way. One describes the personalization of psychiatric care ; the other discusses developments in psychedelic medicine .…