Recent Research Shows That Psilocybin Mushrooms May Be Effective in Treating Major, Prolonged Depression

A lot has been reported lately about the potential for Psilocybin Mushrooms to help treat major depression. Multiple universities worldwide have been doing research studies into the effects of psilocybin on people with prolonged and profound depression. They have been discovering some amazing things about it.

In a controlled, clinical environment, under careful supervision, researchers have administered psilocybin to people with devere depression and have found that it not only increases the person’s sense of wellbeing, but it reduces depression and has long-lasting effects. They even see that it seems to “rewire the brain’s neurons.”

If this proves to be true, major depression may become much more treatable. Of course, in many countries, the use of psilocybin is still illegal, so for the present time, anyone wishing to try psilocybin for depression should contact a research study using it, or travel to a country/location where it is legal.

The research so far looks very exciting and it should be interesting to see how the study progresses and what it discovers. If you want to learn more about Psilocybin Mushrooms, check out the full page I have added to this site. (It also includes links to resources that provide instructions and warnings for people interested in trying them.) I am also offering you this extensive list of links to research studies and other relevant information:

Resource Links

Futurity: ‘Magic Mushroom’ Drug May Repair Neural Links Depression Cuts

Yale University: Psychedelic spurs growth of neural connections lost in depression

Futurity: Stuff in ‘Magic Mushrooms’ Could Treat Major Depression

Johns Hopkins University: Psychedelic Treatment with Psilocybin Relieves Major Depression, Study Shows

Johns Hopkins Launches Center for Psychedelic Research

Journal of Pharmacology: Psilocybin produces substantial and sustained decreases in depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer: A randomized double-blind trial

Journal of Pharmacology: Survey study of challenging experiences after ingesting psilocybin mushrooms: Acute and enduring positive and negative consequences

Johns Hopkins University: Psychedelic Drug Psilocybin Tamps Down Brain’s Ego Center

Johns Hopkins University: Research Story Tip:What Motivates People To Use Psychedelics? New Criteria May Help Provide the Answer

Johns Hopkins University: Psychedelic Treatment with Psilocybin Shown to Relieve Major Depression

Johns Hopkins University: Researchers Urge Caution Around Psilocybin Use

Johns Hopkins University: Tapping into Psilocybin’s Potential

Wikipedia: Psilocybin mushroom

Johns Hopdins University: ‘Magic Mushrooms’ Help Longtime Smokers Quit

Johns Hopkins University: Hopkins Scientists Show Hallucinogen in Mushrooms Creates Universal ‘Mystical Experience’

Johns Hopkins University: Single Dose of Hallucinogen May Create Lasting Personality Change

Neuron Magazine: Psilocybin induces rapid and persistent growth of dendritic spines in frontal cortex in vivo

Wikipedia: Psilocybin

Newsweek: Magic Mushrooms Guide: Where Shrooms Are Legal and How To Take Psilocybin

The Guardian: ‘They broke my mental shackles’: could magic mushrooms be the answer to depression?

The Guardian: Magic mushrooms lift severe depression in clinical trial

The Lancet: Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: an open-label feasibility study

The Guardian: Magic mushrooms ‘reboot’ brain in depressed people – study