by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 1, 2018 | Anxiety
Yes, being a professional trip sitter is actually a job. Before getting on a plane, it’s a good idea to know the safety guidelines for air travel—buckle your seatbelt, know your exits, and in the unlikely event of an in-flight emergency, follow you crew’s...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 1, 2018 | Anxiety
Breakthrough study finds new mechanism explaining ketamine’s antidepressant effects A team at the University of Illinois at Chicago has uncovered a new mechanism that helps explain the remarkably rapid, and long-lasting, antidepressant effects of the...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 1, 2018 | Anxiety
A new study from Imperial College London has found significant overlap between the experiences reported by subjects who have had near-death experiences, and volunteers administered with a powerful psychedelic compound called DMT. The research builds on a long-standing...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 1, 2018 | Addiction
Reaching a higher state of consciousness is a concept you’re more likely to hear a spiritualist spout than a scientist, but now neuroscientists at the University of Sussex claim to have found the first evidence of just such a state. From wakefulness down to a...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Nov 1, 2018 | Depression
Psychedelic psilocybin therapy for depression granted Breakthrough Therapy status by FDA In an extraordinary step forward for the psychedelic drug research community, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just given psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant...
