By John Watson — 2019
Given how commonly the yips are referenced in sports, it is surprisingly misunderstood.
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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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To treat depression, the neurons which control the hormones serotonin and dopamine in our brains seem to get all the attention.
My first encounter with ketamine did not go well.
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It is now more than five years since Odom’s drug abuse prematurely ended his NBA career, destroyed his marriage to Khloe Kardashian and left him comatose for three days in a Las Vegas hospital.
Some experts view ketamine as a tool to unravel the biological causes of depression and, perhaps someday, cure it.
It seems that psychedelics do more than simply alter perception. According to the latest research from my colleagues and me, they change the structures of neurons themselves.