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The Top 10 Mushroom Documentaries on Fungi and Mycology
Discover the ecological internet of fungal mycelium that makes terrestrial biodiversity on Earth possible. Mushrooms are the fruiting reproductive bodies of these underground networks of invisible mycelium that interconnect trees and plants through the root systems....
Scientists are beginning to unravel the effects of psilocybin mushrooms on bipolar disorder
A new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology is the first to characterize the psychological impacts of psilocybin among people with bipolar disorder. The findings indicate that many people with bipolar disorder who consume psilocybin, the primary...
Psychedelic drugs may launch a new era in psychiatric treatment
One of the hottest tickets at this year's Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego was a session on psychedelic drugs. About 1,000 brain scientists squeezed into an auditorium at the San Diego Convention Center for the symposium, called Psychedelics and Neural...
Magic mushrooms: Single dose may relieve treatment-resistant depression symptoms
Treatment-resistant depression affects about 30% of people who have major depressive disorder.A 22-site clinical trial shows a synthesized version of the psychedelic chemical psilocybin helps reduce depression symptoms in people with treatment-resistant...
Jim Harris Was Paralyzed. Then He Ate Magic Mushrooms
Against all odds, Jim Harris was walking. It was exhausting, and he thought he looked like Frankenstein’s monster—stepping forward with his left leg, then throwing his unresponsive right leg around to meet it. But there he was, at a music festival, getting around with...
This Saskatoon doctor is prescribing magic mushrooms for depression
A clinic in Saskatoon is helping local residents access psychedelic drugs, joining groups across the country touting the therapeutic benefits of these once-prohibited substances. “This is going to be a revolution in psychiatry and psychology. And I think it's going to...
Colorado could become 2nd state to decriminalize mushrooms
DENVER -- Fresh off his third tour of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, Jason Lopez awoke in crisis from an alcohol-induced nap during a family gathering in Colorado in 2014. The Army Special Forces soldier, thinking he was once again in battle, grabbed the heavy coffee...
Magic mushrooms’ psilocybin can alleviate severe depression when used with therapy
The psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms can help alleviate severe depression when combined with psychotherapy, according to a trial that raises hopes for people failed by existing antidepressants. Nearly a third of patients with severe depression went into...
First-of-its-kind psilocybin trial approved in Vancouver
A Vancouver-based pharmaceutical company will run the first take home psilocybin clinical trial in North America. Health Canada has approved phase two of the trial by Apex Labs, which will evaluate the safety and efficacy of its low dose, multi-dose product APEX-52 in...