“magic mushrooms” New trials have shown the drug psilocybin to be highly effective in treating depression, with Oakland the latest US city to in effect decriminalise it last week. Some researchers say it could become ‘indefensible’ to ignore the evidence –...
Could psychedelics cure an anxious mind? Author and journalist Michael Pollan thinks so. He spoke to ITV News Science Editor Tom Clarke about his bestseller ‘How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics’. For his research Pollan, 63, who recently appeared...
Paul Stamets, legendary author, mycologist, medical researcher and entrepreneur, gives an informative lecture on mushrooms that aims to deepen the understanding of and respect for organisms that exist literally under every footstep we take. His presentation covers a...
Dennis Mckenna is an ethnopharmacologist and author. His latest book, The Brotherhood Of The Screaming Abyss, chronicles the time he spent with his brother, the legendary Terence...
In a small study of adults with major depression, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that two doses of the psychedelic substance psilocybin, given with supportive psychotherapy, produced rapid and large reductions in depressive symptoms, with most participants...
Living with depression is a very difficult thing that most people find incredibly hard to talk about. Depression can take hold after a big loss, or another life event. It can also be a chronic condition that doesn’t always have a clear cause. Some people find that...