Psychedelic Experience Not Necessary for Individuals to Benefit from Psilocybin’s Antidepressant Effects

May 5, 2021

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine have demonstrated that psilocybin can act an as antidepressant even if a psychedelic experience doesn’t occur. Psilocybin is the active ingredient found in magic mushrooms. The findings propose that psychedelic substances work in different ways within the brain. It is therefore possible to confer the drug’s antidepressant benefits without the need of therapy sessions.

A variety of psilocybin that has less of or no psychedelic effect could help lower the cost of therapy and ease restrictions on individuals who receive therapy, which would make the beneficial effects of psilocybin better available to those in need…

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