Psychedelics and Psychiatry

The controversies have related to social, political, and legal challenges.

Chemical Imbalance Theory

Keep reading for the history of the chemical imbalance theory, how a study last year tried to debunk it, and how that study is now seen to be flawed.

Wearable psychedelics could soon give users maximum control over their trip.

Scientists are working on a pharmaceutical device to help give people the best possible experiences on the likes of DMT and LSD.

Ecstasy and psilocybin are shaking up psychiatry! Regulators will soon grapple with how to safely administer powerful psychedelics for treating depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

“Hallucination-inducing drugs like magic mushrooms could be about to break big pharma’s stranglehold on the hugely lucrative market for antidepressants, according to the head of the world’s first centre for psychedelic research.”

Here’s a look at some of the risks and rewards of making psychedelics available by prescription.

This article takes a look at the troubled history of psychiatry, and how to define a mental disorder.