The Mercurial Life of Drugs: Psychedelics as models, risk factors, and treatments for mental disorders by Johanna Pokorny
Somatosphere,
A Workshop Report by the Neuroscience and Society Network …
Ayahuasca: Ritual psychedelic turns modern-day anti-depressant
PLOS Neuroscience Community,
For any of the 300 million individuals worldwide suffering from depression, a fast-acting, effective treatment can mean the…
Can Psychedelics Make Us More Content?
Big Think,
Recent research in psilocybin, LSD, and MDMA, which all affect our serotonin receptors, suggest these substances can help make…
Forscher entzaubern „Magic Mushrooms“
Der Chemische Reporter,
Naturstoffforscher aus Jena haben herausgefunden, wie die "Magic Mushrooms" den Wirkstoff Psilocybin herstellen. Damit könnte…
Study: Psychedelic drug psilocybin helps depressed patients ‘re-connect’ to the world
PsyPost,
New research sheds light on how psilocybin could help people overcome depressive symptoms. The psychedelic drug appears to…
Hallucinogens and Higher Consciousness
The Doctor Will See You Now,
The brains of people who have taken LSD, psilocybin or ketamine light up in ways that may explain these hallucinogens' effects.
Evidence for a higher state of consciousness? Sort of.
NeuroBanter,
Bicycle Day Celebration Blotter. By YttriumOx CC BY-SA 3.0 On April 19 1943, seventy-four years ago to the day, Albert Hoffman…
Lincoln’s Misfortune
BrainFacts.org Blog,
“A tendency to melancholy, let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.”- A.
Can “magic mushrooms” treat depression?
health enews,
Unconventional useCan “magic mushrooms” treat depression?“Magic mushrooms,” or more specifically the psychedelic compound…
Magic Mushrooms Shown To Ease Severe Depression In Groundbreaking Study
I Fucking Love Science,
Health and…
For treatment-resistant depression, magic mushroom drug holds promise
Nobel Intent,
(credit: Alan Rockefeller) Psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in ‘magic’ mushrooms, may be an effective way to treat…
Scientists Gave Depressed Patients Psilocybin in a First for Psychedelic Therapy
Motherboard RSS Feed,
In a recent UK trial, 12 patients with major depression took a pill quite different to commonly prescribed antidepressants…
Magic mushrooms show promise for ‘untreatable depression’
ZME Science,
A new study published in the Lancet Psychiatry reports that "magic mushrooms" could help in otherwise "untreatable" cases of…
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – An Inside Look
GNIF Brain Blogger,
While performing research for my next article, I found a paper in The Open Neurology Journal reporting the results of a…