Psilocybin Helps Alleviate Depression Symptoms, Small Study Says - The New York Times

The chemical derived from psychedelic mushrooms helped alleviate symptoms of depression and generated detectable neural responses that lasted weeks.

A separate, smaller experiment that was included in the Nature Medicine paper appeared to support the notion that psilocybin therapy could provide enduring benefits. In that trial, 16 patients were r… [+2686 chars]

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