This article looks at connectedness as a mechanism of change in psilocybin-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy for major depressive disorder.
Read moreHow Psilocybin Alters Consciousness
Psychedelics can create a new “hidden order” in brain activity that could explain how these drugs alter our sense of self.
Read moreFDA Approval of Psychedelics, Coming Soon?
A recent report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) encourages U.S. states to begin preparing for possible approval of psychedelic therapies by the Food and Drug Administration.
The transition from research to clinics is moving faster than those in the field anticipated even five years ago, the report notes, and being proactive is important.
“The question is not whether individuals in a particular state will use psychedelics, but whether they will do so in regulated, safe contexts or in underground networks,” the report reads.
Read moreHow Psilocybin Alters Consciousness
Psychedelics can create a new “hidden order” in brain activity that could explain how these drugs alter our sense of self.
Read morePsilocybin Extends Cellular Lifespan
This research paper shows the first experimental evidence that psilocin (the active metabolite of psilocybin) treatment extends cellular lifespan and psilocybin treatment promotes increased longevity in aged mice, suggesting that psilocybin may be a potent geroprotective agent.
Read morePsilocybin, Brain Health and Longevity
In the second wave of psychedelic research, there are multiple trials taking place across the world.
This includes looking into their potential use to treat end-of-life anxiety and depression in the terminally ill (at the US’s John Hopkins University and NYU), for smoking cessation, alcoholism, anorexia, OCD, asthma, longevity and pain syndromes, as well as seven separate trials worldwide into the use of psilocybin to treat depression.
Read morePsilocybin for Disorders of Consciousness
Here is the case report of the patient with a disorder of consciousness given psilocybin as a treatment.
Read moreMore on Treating Brain Injuries with Psychedelics
In this follow-up interview to yesterday’s post on the woman with a severe brain injury given psychedelics, a look at the healing potential and the ethical dilemmas.
Read moreBrain Injury and Psychedelics
In this article, a man lost his wife to a state of unresponsiveness following a tragic accident.
Over the past two years, he’s tried everything to bring her back—including an experimental first in the use of psychedelics.
Read moreHow Psilocybin Lifts Mood
Psilocybin for Anorexia
Researcher Marissa Raymond-Flesch discusses a new study using psilocybin-assisted therapy to treat people with anorexia, and why psychedelics could potentially help patients with eating disorders.
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