The findings suggest that while anxiety and panic are among the most disruptive, issues like existential struggle and diminished self-esteem tend to last the longest—often persisting for over a year.
Read moreRight Hemisphere and Psychedelics
Known as HEALS—Hemispheric Annealing and Lateralization Under Psychedelics—this model proposes that psychedelics disrupt the typical hierarchy between hemispheres, releasing the more holistic, emotionally intelligent right side from left-brain control.
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 moreInsights on Psychedelics
This article reviews research that indicates that psychedelic-catalysed insight is associated with therapeutic improvement, suggesting its importance for clinical practice and for understanding the mechanisms of psychedelic therapy.
Read morePsychedelics, Placebo and Expectation
In this interview, anesthesiologist and neuroscientist Boris Heifets discusses what his work might suggest about how psychedelics work, and what role placebo and expectation play in outcomes of psychedelic studies.
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New Insights into Psychedelics
Non-medical use of stimulant medications can have detrimental effects on college students’ mental health, especially when paired with alcohol, but the effects of psychedelic drugs may provoke greater curiosity and therapeutic experiences, according to ongoing research from Binghamton University.
Read moreHow Psilocybin Lifts Mood
Latest Research
Harvard Study of Psychedelics has a page of recent psychedelic research.
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