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Magic Mushrooms Expand the Mind by Dampening Brain Activity

By Maia Szalavitz — 2012

A new brain-scan study helps explain how psilocybin works—and why it holds promise as a treatment for depression, addiction and post-traumatic stress.

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Psilocybin Therapy May Work as Well as Common Antidepressant

The first randomized controlled trial to compare the illicit psychedelic psilocybin with a conventional selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant found that the former improved symptoms of depression just as well on an established metric—and had fewer side effects.

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Zoe Cormier
2021
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Study Finds Ketamine Can Help Patients Manage Depression and PTSD

Through this treatment plan, the patient was able to “reconceptualize her trauma” and “was able to move through difficult memories and emotions rather than letting them consume her,” explained U of O associate professor, Monnica Williams.

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Hannah Sabourin
2021
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Introducing Ayahuasca

Amazonian healing traditions collide with Western medical sensibilities.

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Zoe Jahn, Monnica T. Williams
2019
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Can Ketamine Treat Depression? the Answer May Lie in a Mysterious Brain Cell

To treat depression, the neurons which control the hormones serotonin and dopamine in our brains seem to get all the attention.

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Sophie Putka
2021
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Are Psychedelics the Answer to Depression and Addiction?

A new generation of research into psilocybin could change how we treat numerous mental health conditions.

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Johann Hari
2018
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Scientists Gave Depressed Patients Psilocybin in a First for Psychedelic Therapy

In a recent UK trial, 12 patients with major depression took a pill quite different to commonly prescribed antidepressants: 25mg of psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms.

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Victoria Turk
2016
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We Can No Longer Ignore the Potential of Psychedelic Drugs to Treat Depression

At Imperial College we’ve been comparing psilocybin to conventional antidepressants—and the results are likely to be game-changing.

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Robin Carhart-Harris
2020
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Ketamine Therapy Is Going Mainstream. Are We Ready?

The mind-altering drug has been shown to help people suffering from anxiety and depression. But how it helps, who it will serve, and who will profit are open questions.

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Emily Witt
2021
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I Took Ketamine for My Depression. Things Got Pretty Weird.

My first encounter with ketamine did not go well.

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Vanessa Barbara
2021
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One Dose of ‘Magic Mushroom’ Drug Reduces Anxiety and Depression in Cancer Patients, Study Says

A single dose of psilocybin, a compound found in “magic mushrooms,” provides long-term relief of anxiety and depression in cancer patients, a new study finds.

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Meera Senthilingam
2020
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