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Mushrooms vs Ayahuasca: Pharmaceutical Interactions Plant-based medicine can be beneficial to you holistically, but it’s essential to consider any drugs that you may already be taking and how they will combine with the mushrooms or ayahuasca. You want your journey to be a safe one if

Psychedelic drugs flatten the brain’s dynamic landscape | Cornell Chronicle The psychedelic drugs L*D and psilocybin activate serotonin receptors on brain cells in a way that reduces the energy needed for the brain to switch between different activity states, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Psilocybin Rewires the Brain for People with Depression Scientists at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London found that psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus.

Effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use on 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine–assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: A review of the evidence, neurobiological plausibility, and clinical significance There is strong neurobiological plausibility for the hypothesis that chronic SSRI use dampens response to M**A-assisted therapy.

The Need for 100,000 Psychedelic Facilitators is Real - LA Weekly When the FDA legalizes M**A and Psilocybin therapy, demand for facilitators will explode across the country.

"For the first time, research that has been driven by philanthropists could additionally be supported by the same types of Federal grants that have funded other health care revolutions and develop patient access strategies that prioritize public benefit over profit. For decades, we have been making the case for what the Administration is now acknowledging: psychedelic-assisted therapies may become a key in addressing the most urgent mental health challenges of our time and reducing needless suffering."
—Rick Doblin, Ph.D., MAPS Founder and Executive Director

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How Parents’ Trauma Leaves Biological Traces in Children Adverse experiences can change future generations through epigenetic pathways

There are particles of gold in your brain. Scientists have discovered where they come from.

The human brain builds structures in 11 dimensions, discover scientists Groundbreaking research finds that the human brain creates multi-dimensional neural structures.

Psilocybin Spurs Brain Activity in Patients With Depression, Small Study Shows The chemical derived from psychedelic mushrooms helped alleviate symptoms of depression and generated detectable neural responses that lasted weeks.

Morphogenic Field is Real Scientists Show How to Understand Nature In a new study, Chris Jeynes and Michael Parker pose the question: How does nature produce such stunning symmetry and order in many systems observed across enormous scales? Under the microscope, a snowflake shows intricate patterning and remarkable symmetry, and in a telescope the same is observed f...

'It's not medical': Oregon wrestles with how to offer psychedelics outside the health care system Psychedelic legalization in Oregon was widely promoted as a way to treat depression and trauma and, even among those writing regulations, there is confusion around how medical psychedelics will be.

When Spiritual Crises Show Up in the Mental Health System Spiritual "emergencies" require understanding from mental health professionals.

Do Ayahuasca Healing Ceremonies Really Work? A new study attempts to quantify the healing powers of ayahuasca.

What Is Psychedelic Therapy? Psychedelics have been used as spiritual and medicinal tools in many cultures for centuries. Recent research indicates these substances may have powerful healing properties for many mental health conditions.

HPPD - Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder — The Psychedelic Society HPPDHallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder  Hallucination persisting perception disorder (HPPD) is a condition where people experience distressing, lingering changes to their perception after using drugs, commonly classical psychedelic drugs, such as L*D and psilocybin.Because HPPD is relative...

Oregon: The Global Center for Psychedelic Therapy And with changing minds remolding culture, a massive shift of the Overton window may be underway.

Chronic Pain and Psychedelics — The Psychedelic Renaissance Whether psychedelics decrease ongoing pain is unclear. Yet psychedelic therapy could aid in transforming the day-to-day living of people with chronic pain.

The Promises and Perils of Psychedelic Health Care Many recreational drugs known for mind-altering trips are being studied to treat depression, substance use and other disorders. Here’s what you need to know.

How Seeing God Might Be The Secret To The Most Cutting-Edge Mental Health Treatments The success of what could be a $50 billion psychedelic-assisted therapy industry relies on the effectiveness of drug trips, but studies and anecdotal evidence suggest that patients who have mystical experiences have better outcomes.

Warning: Oregon Legalized Supported Adult Use of Psilocybin, Not Psychedelic Therapy This article explains Measure 109 and the structure that is being molded to ensure the safe use of psilocybin by adults in Oregon. Though the use of psilocybin is often associated with mental health and psychedelic-assisted therapy, Oregon will be using a method called “supported adult use” whic...

NEW REVIEW: "Models of psychedelic drug action: modulation of cortical-subcortical circuits." https://tinyurl.com/bdzar2th

For a brief overview of the review, view Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/FredBarrettPhD/status/1470435077339238400

The cost of long-term antidepressant use is worse than we thought We must rethink the "chemical imbalance" theory of mental health

Join Unlimited Sciences' Real-World Psilocybin Mushroom Study After more than one year of collaboration with the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins Medicine, we’re thrilled to announce th...

Metaphysics and mushrooms: Psychedelics can change how you think about the universe Research shows that psilocybin leads people away from materialism and toward transcendentalism. Apparently, mushrooms teach metaphysics.

Psychedelic trips could soon be part of therapy — here’s what those sessions will look like In as soon as two years, tripping on mind-altering drugs like M**A and psilocybin could become a regular part of therapy to treat conditions from depression to post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Rise of Psychedelic Retreats Even with cause for concern, retreats in countries like Costa Rica and Jamaica, as well as in the United States, have been popping up for more than a decade.

An Introduction to Five Psychedelics: Psilocybin, DMT, L*D, M**A and Ketamine Interest in the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, having lain relatively dormant in the face of stigma and heavy regulations for decades, has reignited in the last ten years. Landmark studies showing these compounds’ effectiveness in treating some mood disorders have kickstarted a wave of cli...