New research from Compass Pathways says that:
“It has long been thought that SSRIs could interfere with the potential therapeutic effect of psilocybin.
This data is exciting because it provides a preliminary signal that this is not the case, and that patients could remain on their SSRI antidepressant medication and experience the same effect from COMP360 psilocybin treatment as people who are not on SSRIs.”
Chemical Imbalance Theory
Keep reading for the history of the chemical imbalance theory, how a study last year tried to debunk it, and how that study is now seen to be flawed.
Read moreMDMA History
The wild history of MDMA: 5 Questions for author Rachel Nuwer.
Read moreMassachusetts Joins the Psychedelic Legalization Effort!
Massachusetts may be the next state to legalize psychedelic use through a voter initiative.
The newly formed Massachusetts for Mental Health Options (MMHO) committee submitted initial documents to the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF), signaling their intent to secure ballot placement for the measure, details of which are currently sparse.
Read moreMental Health Needs in the Suicide Belt
Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, South Dakota, and New Mexico citizens are struggling with their mental health so much so that the states have coined the term “suicide belt”.
We need to make mental health treatments available to all.
Consciousness and the Brain
Consciousness arises from specially evolved neural circuits in the brain configured to instantiate it.
Read morePsychological Strengths with Psychedelic Use
The findings, published in the International Journal of Wellbeing, indicate that self-transcendent experiences play a key role in predicting positive outcomes of psychedelic use.
Read morePsychedelic Underground?
Microdosing and Authenticity
A recent study found that on the microdosing day and the day thereafter, state authenticity was significantly higher.
Furthermore, the number of activities and the satisfaction with them were higher on the day when participants microdosed, while the following day only the number of activities was higher.
The researchers propose that feeling and behaving authentically could have a central role in explaining the positive effects of microdosing on health and wellbeing that are reported by their study.
An Indigenous Ayahuasquero Discusses the MAPS Conference
As I’ve been sharing on this blog, the “psychedelic renaissance” is having growing pains.
Here an indigenous Ayahuasquero discusses their concerns.
Read moreAn Oglala Lakota Elder Talks Peyote
Keep reading for a talk with Jeffrey Sitting Bear on peyote.
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