This recent study shows a striking positive shift in attitudes toward the therapeutic potential of hallucinogens among American psychiatrists since 2016, with a majority of responding psychiatrists planning to incorporate hallucinogen-assisted therapy into their practice if regulatory approval is granted.
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New Psilocybin Research
This recently published study showed that psilocybin use is associated with persisting improvements in mental health and wellbeing.
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Check out this Ketamine treatment guide for mental health.
Read morePsychedelics and Neanderthals
Strands of human hair found in a Menorca, Spain, burial site gave researchers insight into hallucinogenic use during prehistoric times by some of the earliest species of humans.
Read morePsychedelics, Therapists, Shamans...
A good article describing how someone who has never had their own psychedelic trip will not be able to guide someone through a trip as intricately as someone who is more experienced.
Even someone who has had a few of their own experiences is limited in their ability to do this.
As a result, the person undergoing treatment with psychedelics is largely left to navigate the unfamiliar landscape by themselves.
This, however, does have some similarities to the shamanic experience.
What do you think?
Psychedelics, Aging and Dying
Great article at MAPS on how psychedelics are poised to change how we age and die.
Read morePsychedelics for OCD
According to survey results published last week in Nature Scientific Reports, psychedelics might help people with OCD reduce their symptoms.
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Ketamine for Pain?
In response to the opioid crisis, researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) are looking for alternate ways to reduce pain after orthopedic procedures.
Based on these findings, the team is planning a much larger, randomized clinical trial to compare it to standard opioid treatment.
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