Neuroscience
First evidence for higher state of consciousness found
Scientific evidence of a 'higher' state of consciousness has been found in a study led by the University of Sussex.
Apr 19, 2017
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News tagged with psychedelic drugs
Psychology & Psychiatry
'Microdosing' trend has Americans tuning in with psychedelics
After a litany of prescriptions failed to control her stormy mood swings and deep depression, writer Ayelet Waldman finally found relief in a blue vial of diluted LSD.
Apr 19, 2017
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Medical research
A case study of three people who massively overdosed on LSD
A pair of Canadian researchers, one with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, the other Vancouver Coastal Health, has made headlines with a case study of three people who accidentally massively overdosed ...
Medications
Study hints at the promise of non-hallucinogenic LSD for treating mood disorders
Mood disorders are mental health conditions characterized by persistently dysregulated moods, such as recurring feelings of depression or euphoria. According to statistics by the National Institutes of Health, approximately ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mechanism behind reductions in depression symptoms from LSD and mushrooms found
An international team of biotechnologists and neuroscientists has found the mechanism responsible for reducing depression symptoms in patients given two kinds of hallucinogenic compounds. In their mouse study, reported in ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Treating mental disorders with psychedelic psychotherapy
Millions of Australians suffer from a myriad of mental health issues. Depression, PTSD and addiction to name a few. But what if we could help them by trying something a little trippy?
Oct 10, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Ego-dissolving' psychedelic drugs could assist with mental health
The altered state of consciousness and temporary lack of ego that results from using psychedelic drugs could help some mental health patients recover from their symptoms, according to academics at the University of Adelaide.
Aug 8, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Traditional Amazonian drug linked to improved sense of wellbeing
A psychedelic drug traditionally used in South America improves people's general sense of wellbeing and may offer a treatment for alcoholism and depression, new research suggests.
Nov 9, 2017
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Medications
The struggle to define psychedelics
Psychoactive drugs include all manner of hallucinogens, deliriants, hypnotics and psychedelics. But what is a psychedelic, really? Insofar as many in the field are now moving toward bringing new molecules with presumably ...
Neuroscience
Psychedelic drug psilocybin tamps down brain's ego center
Perhaps no region of the brain is more fittingly named than the claustrum, taken from the Latin word for "hidden or shut away." The claustrum is an extremely thin sheet of neurons deep within the cortex, yet it reaches out ...
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