by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Sep 1, 2018 | Psychedelic Medicine
The Food and Drug Administration has taken an active role in approving new therapies to treat depression this week. On August 23, the Inquisitr reported that the FDA approved a new form of transcranial magnetic stimulation to help ease treatment-resistant depression....
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 27, 2018 | Anxiety
Why psychedelic drugs could transform how we treat depression and mental illness? The first time I tried ayahuasca, a plant concoction containing the natural hallucinogen DMT, I remember thinking: “Just let go. Whatever happens, just let go.” Eventually, I did let go,...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 9, 2018 | Depression
In the heart of the Amazon, women travel by boat to the wild town of Iquitos before driving deep into the jungle. Inside thatched huts, the symphony of frogs and insects builds to a crescendo and the jungle seems to come in through the netted walls, expanding like...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jul 20, 2018 | Addiction
The psychedelic drug psilocybin (the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms”) may produce lasting, positive changes in personality, new research finds. People who took the drug showed increases in the key personality dimension of openness — being amenable to new ideas,...
