Systematic review and network meta-analysis finds psychedelics, especially psilocybin and LSD, showed promising effects on depression and anxiety in people with terminal illnesses.

Psilocybin’s mental health benefits may include improved sleep

Psilocybin therapy helps clinicians process COVID despair

A review concluded that in alcohol use disorder, "a growing evidence base for psilocybin treatment shows a promising beneficial and sustained effect on measures of drinking frequency"

A study suggested "potential improvement in depressive symptoms with psilocybin administration" in bipolar II disorder.

Single-dose psilocybin therapy shows promise for veterans with treatment-resistant depression

Psilocybin bests SSRI for major depression in first long-term comparison

How to Make Psilocybin with Yeast

Human brain changes after first psilocybin use

Giving psilocybin, the psychedelic in magic mushrooms, to rats made them more optimistic in the longer term, suggesting that the psychedelic substance could have great potential in treating a core symptom of depression in humans.

Psychotherapy with the use of psilocybin - the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms - was associated with improvements in depression and anxiety symptoms in patients with cancer, with no evidence of the psilocybin causing any mental health problems such as phobia…

Psychedelic psilocybin could be similar to standard SSRI antidepressants and offer positive long term effects for depression

Psilocybin boosts mind perception but doesn’t reduce atheism

A classic psychedelic, similar to LSD, psilocybin and mescalin, was found to activate a cell type in the brain that silences other neighboring neurons, a result that provides insight into how such drugs reduce anxiety…

Man amputates penis with an axe after consuming psilocybin mushrooms

A review concluded that "when used in appropriate doses and under strict clinical control, psilocybin appears as a valuable treatment for" obsessive-compulsive disorder.

A meta-analysis of 436 participants, aged 36-60, revealed that psilocybin significantly improved depression scores compared to other treatments, especially in patients with secondary depression

Psilocybin triggers “inner healing” mechanisms in depression patients, study suggests

A new method to tag neurons reveals immediate effects of psilocybin on individual neurons in the mouse brain.

New research has found that psilocybin reduces alcohol consumption in rats by altering specific brain pathways

Your brain on shrooms — how psilocybin resets neural networks

Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain

Psilocybin in magic mushrooms can influence the brain for weeks, study finds

Psilocybin Desynchronizes the Human Brain

A recent study suggests that psilocybin does not impair learning and may enhance exploratory behavior

C360 Psilocybin Lessens Treatment-Resistant Depression Symptoms

Cathinone and Psilocybin in Cicada Pathogens (2019)

Recent research has found psilocybin not only helps maintain body weight in female rats subjected to conditions mimicking anorexia nervosa but also enhances cognitive flexibility, particularly in adapting to changes in reward contingencies

Psilocybin Effective as Antidepressant

A recent case study describes a 41-year-old woman who turned to psilocybin and MDMA to manage her debilitating post-COVID symptoms

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