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Magic mushrooms may ‘reset’ the brains of depressed patients

Magic mushrooms may ‘reset’ the brains of depressed patients

  Patients taking psilocybin to treat depression show reduced symptoms weeks after treatment following a ‘reset’ of their brain activity. …     The findings come from a study in which researchers from Imperial College London used psilocybin – the

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Psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression: fMRI-measured brain mechanisms

Psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression: fMRI-measured brain mechanisms

This study was approved by the National Research Ethics Service (NRES) committee London – West London and was conducted in accordance with the revised declaration of Helsinki (2000), the International Committee on Harmonisation Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines and National

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Infographic: The Brain on Psychedelics

Infographic: The Brain on Psychedelics

Infographic: The Brain on Psychedelics Understanding how hallucinogenic drugs affect different neural networks could shed light on their therapeutic potential. © CATHERINE DELPHIAKey brain areas involved in the effects of psychedelic drugs are located in the default mode network (DMN),

Author on Source September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 News Articles Read more

Decoding the Tripping Brain

Decoding the Tripping Brain

© SEAN MCCABE Lying in a room at Imperial College London, surrounded by low lighting and music, Kirk experienced a vivid recollection of visiting his sick mother before she passed away. “I used to go and see my mum in

Author on Source September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 News Articles Read more

Can magic mushrooms treat depression? – New Scientist Live 2017

Can magic mushrooms treat depression? – New Scientist Live 2017

Could psychedelic drugs make the world a better place? In this talk, Robin Carhart-Harris will describe the rationale behind conducting the first ever clinical trial of psilocybin (magic mushrooms) as a treatment for depression – and share his results. Robin

Author on Source September 8, 2017September 8, 2017 News Articles Read more

Psychedelics pioneer keeps his inner hippy in check

Psychedelics pioneer keeps his inner hippy in check

Psychedelics pioneer keeps his inner hippy in check   After giving people LSD and psilocybin, Robin Carhart-Harris is convinced of psychedelic therapy’s potential – but he daren’t get too excited about it .entry-header “I have conviction in psychedelics as tools

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Psychedelic medicine: the potential, the people, the politics

Psychedelic medicine: the potential, the people, the politics

Trippy treatment James Worrell/Getty By Sean O’Neill It was quite a comedown in the 1970s when research into psychedelic medicine was virtually shut down in the West. Many countries were beginning to classify psychedelics as “schedule 1”, making them illegal,

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Music And Psychedelics – An Interview With Mendel Kaelen

Music And Psychedelics – An Interview With Mendel Kaelen

The following is a small snippet from the excellent article here at drug reporter   DoS: How did you discover psychedelics then? MK: Because of my fascination with the altered states of consciousness described in Monroe’s book, I read articles about

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The Psychedelic Research Group at Imperial focuses on two main research areas:
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  2. Their clinical utility, e.g. as aides to psychotherapy, with a particular focus on depression.
The group is lead by Dr Robin Carhart-Harris.

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Quality of Acute Psychedelic Experience Predicts Therapeutic Efficacy of Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression

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  • Spatial Dependencies between Large-Scale Brain NetworksSpatial Dependencies between Large-Scale Brain Networks
  • The default mode ego functions and free energyThe default mode ego functions and free energy
  • The Entropic Brain – A theory of conscious statesThe Entropic Brain – A theory of conscious states
  • Functional Connectivity Measures After Psilocybin Inform a Novel Hypothesis  of Early PsychosisFunctional Connectivity Measures After Psilocybin Inform a Novel Hypothesis of Early Psychosis

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  • Magic mushrooms lift severe depression in clinical trialMagic mushrooms lift severe depression in clinical trial
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