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Psychedelics Offer New Route to Recovery from Eating Disorders

By Marianne Apostolides

Psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine can lead to a new sense of self and a release from rigid rules for people with anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder.

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The Psychedelic Revolution Is Coming. Psychiatry May Never Be the Same.

After decades of demonization and criminalization, psychedelic drugs are on the cusp of entering mainstream psychiatry, with profound implications for a field that in recent decades has seen few pharmacological advancements for the treatment of mental disorders and addiction.

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Andrew Jacobs
2021
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Drugs: The Sacred Mushroom

Not long ago The New York Times carried a dispatch from Mexico telling about the descent of hippies on Huautla de Jimenez in quest of the “sacred mushrooms.” With the dispatch appeared a photo of a priestess of the rite, Maria Sabina.

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R. Gordon Wasson
1970
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On María Sabina, One of Mexico’s Greatest Poets

Long before 1960s counter-culture, an indigenous Mexican healer was creating extraordinary poetry under the influence of psychedelic mushrooms.

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Chloe Aridjis
2015
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This Mexican Medicine Woman Hipped America to Magic Mushrooms, with the Help of a Bank Executive

María Sabina was well-respected in the village as a healer and shaman. She’d been consuming psilocybin mushrooms regularly since she was seven years old, and had performed the velada mushroom ceremony for over 30 years before Wasson arrived.

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Ahmed Kabil
2017
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Mixing Magic Mushrooms and Meditation Has Long-Term Benefits, Johns Hopkins Study Finds

The benefits of controlled psilocybin use and spiritual practice on people's well-being long outlast the high, researchers find.

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Teodora Zareva
2018
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Microdosing Psilocybin Mushrooms

Microdosing psilocybin mushrooms can lead to a psychedelic healing experience. The mushroom user can revisit trauma and find new insights.

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Becky Garrison
2021
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The Trip Treatment

Research into psychedelics, shut down for decades, is now yielding exciting results.

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Michael Pollan
2015
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Military Veteran Seeks Magic Mushroom Therapy to Combat PTSD

Scott Atkinson says magic mushrooms have already done much to tame the post-traumatic stress demons conjured by two years serving in Afghanistan and Bosnia.

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Bill Kaufmann
2021
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How Ecstasy and Psilocybin Are Shaking Up Psychiatry

Regulators will soon grapple with how to safely administer powerful psychedelics for treating depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Paul Tullis
2021
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Johns Hopkins Scientists Give Psychedelics the Serious Treatment

Psychedelic drugs—once promising research subjects that were decades ago relegated to illicit experimentation in dorm rooms—have been steadily making their way back into the lab for a revamped 21st-century-style look.

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Tanya Lewis
2020
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