Keep reading for an interview with the patient thought to be the first person to receive psilocybin under Oregon’s new system. He discusses his psilocybin experience.
Read morePsilocybin and Music
Psilocybin therapy for depression appears to have a curious effect on the brain’s response to music.
Read morePsilocybin and Lyme Disease?
Psilocybin is both serotonergic and anti-inflammatory and therefore may offer significant therapeutic benefits to patients with mental illness secondary to autoimmune inflammation.
Read moreUpdate on Oregon
It has shown to be effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and end-of-life anxiety.
Since then, regulations and restrictions for psilocybin treatment have taken shape across the state with many rural counties opting out of providing any psilocybin-related services at all.
Read morePsilocybin Therapy for Cancer and Depression
This occurred in patients with both curable and metastatic cancer.
Read moreGuide to Psilocybin
Included is information on the therapeutic timeline, common effects, psilocybin-assisted therapy study designs, clinical trial findings, and participant reports.
To Trip or Not to Trip?
Inside the scientific debate that’s shaping the future of psychedelic therapy: To trip or not to trip?
Can the magic be removed from the mushroom — and should it?
Read moreGlobal Survey 2020 Results: Self-Treatment of LSD and Psilocybin
Positive changes were observed across all 17 outcome items, with the strongest benefits on items related to insight and mood. Negative effects were reported by 22.5% of respondents.
High intensity of psychedelic experience, seeking advice before treatment, treating with psilocybin mushrooms and treating post-traumatic stress disorder were associated with higher scores on the self-treatment outcome scale after averaging values across all 17 items.
Younger age, high intensity of experience and treating with LSD were associated with increased number of negative outcomes.
Read morePsychedelics And Paralysis
Incredible story of Jim Harris, who become paralyzed from the chest down. The mountain athlete found an unlikely ally in recovery: psychedelics.
Read morePsilocybin and Antidepressants
New research suggests that antidepressants can diminish the effects of psilocybin.
Read moreRecent Research on Psilocybin Gives Mixed Results
Compass Pathways published the long awaited results of its phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of depression with psilocybin–assisted psychotherapy in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Psilocybin showed rapid antidepressant effects for most patients, but only 1 in 5 participants showed significant improvement at 12 weeks.
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