Psychological Flexibility and Psychedelics

In a new study, researchers found that psychological flexibility, several facets of mindfulness, and values-congruent living significantly improved following psilocybin and were maintained through week 16.

Additionally, improvements in psychological flexibility and experiential acceptance were strongly associated with reductions in depression severity following psilocybin.

Keep reading for the full article at Nature.com

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Psychedelics for Soldiers with Trauma

From TIME magazine:

Research suggests that the psychedelic drug MDMA, an empathogenic stimulant also known as Molly or ecstasy, can spark changes in the brain that induce a childlike state of neuroplasticity and help forge new neural connections.

(It could well be approved for PTSD by the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration in August after two advanced stage trials showed significant benefits.)

Researchers are also studying other psychedelics as well, like the powerful drug ibogaine.

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