Psychedelics, psychoactive substances that alter people's perceptions, mood and thought patterns, have recently shown promise ...

7:09 p.m. Aug. 22, 2025: An earlier version of this story reported that Dr. Sunil Aggarwal filed a lawsuit after a 2020 petition seeking to reschedule psilocybin was denied. He filed that petition in ...

When Alison Grayson first met John, she was struck by his enduring sense of humor. Amid terrible nausea from chemotherapy, he still cracked nerdy jokes. “When somebody is approaching a terminal ...

Many species of fungus across the world produce psilocybin, a chemical with psychedelic effects in humans, but its ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The mechanism of psilocybin for chronic pain remains poorly understood. Research suggests psilocybin can ...

MILAN — Psilocybin leads to a better overall outcome in the treatment of moderate to severe major depressive disorder (MDD) than the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) escitalopram, results ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Psilocybin-assisted therapy fostered reduced neuroticism and increased extraversion and openness among those ...

Giving psilocybin to rats made them more optimistic in the longer term, suggesting that the psychedelic substance could have great potential in treating a core symptom of depression in humans.

Advocates of psilocybin treatment say 2024 was the year when Oregon’s psychedelic program started to stand on its own. This was the first full year of the program. Hundreds of specialists are now ...

Psychedelic trips aren't just for hippies anymore. These days everyone from moms to CEOs and entrepreneurs are turning to magic mushrooms to help improve their mental health and even expand their ...

Regulation of psilocybin — the “magic” substance in psychedelic mushrooms — has been a hot-button issue for Californians in recent years, but repeated attempts by state lawmakers to allow medical use ...