This article proclaims that magic mushrooms may be the biggest advance in treating depression since Prozac. The research continues to impress!
Read moreLatest Research on Psychedelics and Depression
Here’s the latest on how there is a shift in psychiatry toward a new way of thinking about depression, its causes, and therapies.
The profession’s long embrace of the “monoamine hypothesis” — the idea that depression primarily results from abnormal levels of neurotransmitter chemicals in the brain and that drugs can restore the proper balance — is giving way to a more complex understanding and alternative treatments, from ketamine to psychedelics to magnetic stimulation.
Read moreEcstasy and Psilocybin Are Shaking Up Psychiatry
Researchers are looking at how to safely administer powerful psychedelics for treating depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Read moreInterview: Psilocybin for Depression
In this interview, leading psychedelic researcher, Robin Carhart-Harris, speaks with a participant in a psilocybin for depression trial on the potential of psychedelics.
Read morePsilocybin and Cancer
This study reports that psilocybin provides long-term relief of cancer-related anxiety and depression.
Read moreAyahuasca and Depression
The antidepressant effects of the psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca appear to be related to anti-inflammatory activity, according to new research from scientists in Brazil.
Their findings, published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, provide new insights into the biological mechanisms behind the observed antidepressant effects of the substance.
Read moreDepression and Psilocybin
A study of 27 people found that a treatment featuring the hallucinogen psilocybin worked better than the usual antidepressant medications, a team reported Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
Read morePsilocybin for Depression
A study of 27 people found that a treatment featuring the hallucinogen psilocybin worked better than the usual antidepressant medications, a team reported Wednesday in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
Read moreMicrodosing LSD
New research shows that microdosing LSD elevates mood and cognition.
Read moreFeeling Hopeless?
Wondering what to do when the future feels hopeless? Humans like to feel optimistic about and in control of where their life is headed. The pandemic has made it very hard to feel that way.
Read moreKetamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
This article looks at the possible risks and benefits of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
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