by Justin Jackson, Medical Xpress Eating Disorder Psychopathology over time, by Participant. Scores represented are global scores calculated from the Eating Disorder Examination for all participants. Credit: Nature Medicine (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02455-9 Researchers at the University of California at San Diego have studied the effects of magic mushrooms as a therapeutic in treating anorexia nervosa. In their paper,...
by Justin Jackson, Medical Xpress Score on Ishihara test questions 1–21 following psilocybin self-administration. All scores are self-reported, except for the final administration at 436 days post-administration. Credit: Drug Science, Policy and Law (2023). DOI: 10.1177/20503245231172536 Researchers at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Center for Behavioral Health, Neurological Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio have authored...
by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress FDG-PET clinical scans of changes in tumor and metastases at pre and post the first round of treatment to demonstrate changes in clinical outcome. Credit: Drug Science, Policy and Law (2022). DOI: 10.1177/20503245221114323 A small team of medical researchers from the U.K. and the U.S. has found that a cancer patient may...
by European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Post-COVID trauma and the war in Ukraine means that millions of people are suffering or are at an increased risk of developing an “epidemic” of post-traumatic stress (PTSD). Now a new review suggests that combining established psychotherapy methods with newer pharmaceuticals may offer the best therapeutic approach...
By MANSUR SHAHEEN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 13:35 EDT, 5 July 2021 | UPDATED: 16:16 EDT, 5 July 2021 A psychedelic drug found in mushrooms could work as an antidepressant, new research shows. Psilocybin, a compound that naturally occurs in some mushrooms, may be able to increase the long-lasting connections between neurons in the brain by 10 percent. A research team from Yale University believes...
