Chemical tweaks to a toad hallucinogen turns it into a potential drug (arstechnica.com)
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Psilocybin-assisted therapy for major depression increases psychological flexibility (www.nature.com)
Psychological flexibility is a multifaceted construct composed of:...
Happy tax day (lemmy.world)
Psychedelic medicine gets a boost (MDMA for PTSD being reviewed by the FDA) (www.politico.com)
Lykos’ application is for talk therapy combined with MDMA, commonly called ecstasy, as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder....
Psilocybin reduces cluster headache attack frequency up to 50% (www.sciencedirect.com)
Positive initial data from study of novel 5-MeO-DMT (DMT) for treatment-resistant depression (www.businesswire.com)
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An inside look at what happens during a psychedelic therapy session in Colorado (www.youtube.com)
Utah Governor Lets Psychedelics Pilot Program Bill Become Law Without His Signature, Citing 'Overwhelming Support' (www.marijuanamoment.net)
The Republican governor of Utah has allowed a bill to become law without his signature that authorizes a pilot program for hospitals to administer psilocybin and MDMA as an alternative treatment option.
Alberta Blue Cross is the first insurance provider in Canada to cover psychedelic-assisted therapy (www.prnewswire.com)
Initially focusing on ketamine-assisted therapy, this coverage is designed to include psilocybin and MDMA once they are legalized for therapy in Canada.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Complex PTSD (A Single-Subject Case Study) (journals.sagepub.com)
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Psychological experiences underlie psilocybin therapy's success: Mystical experiences and ego dissolution identified as key mediators (www.psypost.org)
Psilocybin from "magic" mushrooms weakens the brain's response to angry faces (www.psypost.org)
Complex PTSD & Psychedelics (psychedelicchronicles.earth)
In a recent study, a group of scientists investigated adults who had been victims of childhood abuse. Through collecting data from various questionnaires, they compared symptoms of C-PTSD between those who had used psychedelics in an intentional therapeutic way, with those who hadn’t....
Single dose of LSD provides immediate, lasting anxiety relief, study says (www.cnn.com)
Microdosing Psychedelics Could Help People With ADHD (www.vice.com)
Great Expectations: recommendations for improving the methodological rigor of psychedelic clinical trials (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
The gold standard in the context of medical trials is the double-blind randomized trial. In such trials, the response to a potential therapeutic agent is measured relative to the response to an inactive placebo....
How psilocybin, the psychedelic in mushrooms, may rewire the brain to ease depression, anxiety and more (www.cnn.com)
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The setup at the local ketamine infusion clinic (lemmy.world)
Ketamine as a vaccine for depression (2024) (bigthink.com)
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Inside psychedelic-assisted therapy: How exactly does it work? (www.cbsnews.com)
Inside a spa-like room at the Institute for Integrative Therapies (ITT) in Eden Prairie are four recliners, several sets of headphones and eye coverings....
Momentum builds for psychedelic therapies for troops, vets (www.timescall.com) Zulu
In 2004, Mike Gemignani enlisted in the Army after graduating from high school. A forward observer, he directed artillery units and Apache attack helicopters to their targets during his two tours in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division....
A new chapter in the science of psychedelic microdosing: A study on rats offers the first evidence that small doses of hallucinogenic drugs could have therapeutic benefits. (www.theatlantic.com) Zulu
The purported benefits of microdosing psychedelics are as numerous as the research is sparse. The technique, which involves ingesting small amounts of LSD, mushrooms, or other hallucinogenic drugs every three or four days, has made headlines for its popularity as a “productivity hack” among the Silicon Valley elite....
A pilot study shows a single dose of psilocybin can significantly improve symptoms of SSRI-resistant body dysmorphic disorder for at least 12 weeks (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) Zulu
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My Adventures With the Trip Doctors: The Researchers and Renegades Bringing Psychedelic Drugs Into The Mental Health Mainstream by Michael Pollan (Long) (www.nytimes.com)
My first psilocybin journey began around an altar in the middle of a second-story loft in a suburb of a small city on the Eastern Seaboard. On this adventure I would have a guide, a therapist who, like an unknown number of other therapists administering psychedelics in America today, must work underground because these drugs are...
Just a few low doses of psilocybin and LSD appear sufficient to significantly relieve cluster headaches (n.neurology.org)
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