Treating Depression And Anxiety With Mushrooms
Researchers are on a fast track to developing a treatment for depression using the psychedelic compound psilocybin best known as the active ingredient in so called magic mushrooms the u s.
Treating depression and anxiety with mushrooms. Those who d been dosed with psilocybin had lower anxiety levels at one and three months and reduced levels of depression starting two weeks after treatment and continuing for a full six months. To date psilocybin has demonstrated modest although some authors claim promising results in clinical trials for the treatment of addiction depression post traumatic stress disorder and death. The trial finished in 2016 was the first modern study to target treatment resistant depression with psilocybin a psychedelic drug naturally occurring in around 200 species of mushroom. In a 2017 study of psilocybin and depression researchers at imperial college london gave psilocybin therapy to 20 patients with treatment resistant depression who reported benefits as long as.
Some researchers and doctors agree though the topic is. Treating depression without dulling emotions written by ana sandoiuon january 16 2018 fact checkedbyjasmin collier two new studies confirm the hypothesis that the psychoactive.