“Importantly, 93% of the patients in the study were psychedelic naive, which is very important for generalizability,” Goodwin noted. Long used as psychedelic ‘magic mushrooms,’ psilocybin has gained increased interest in psychiatry in recent years as a potential treatment for severe depression af...
In the latest research probing the psychiatric benefits of a psychogenic drug, researchers report that psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," is safe and is potentially efficacious in the treatment of majordepression. "To our knowledge, this is the first investigation of the safety...