This heat map of brain activity patterns shows profound disturbance during an individual’s experience after taking psilocybin. Relatively stable patterns before and after the dose (blue and green hues ...

BALTIMORE — A Christian minister, Jewish rabbi, Muslim imam, and Buddhist monk walked into a research lab — and what happened next is turning heads in both religious and medical circles. For the first ...

Many species of fungus across the world produce psilocybin, a chemical with psychedelic effects in humans, but its ...

Just one strong dose of hallucinogenic mushrooms can alter a person's personality for more than a year and perhaps permanently, a new study finds. People given psilocybin, the compound in "magic ...

Earlier this week, outgoing Governor Murphy of New Jersey signed a bill creating a psilocybin therapy pilot program.

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In recent years, traditional approaches to addressing mental health and addiction issues have evolved to embrace alternative therapies that utilize the transformative power of our inner selves, nature ...

Psilocybin—the psychedelic compound that occurs naturally in certain "magic" mushroom species—has been shown in trials to provide long-term treatment for depression and anxiety. But the chemical's ...

Jamie Blackburn, a school counselor from Golden who has taught yoga for almost twenty years and used to teach high school science, was thinking about going back to school. Her initial idea was to ...

Researchers have developed a new model to study the antidepressant and anti-anxiety effects of psilocybin in mice.