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Psychedelic drug psilocybin changes brain connectivity to treat body dysmorphic disorder

News Release 24-Sep-2024 Columbia University researchers uncover how a single dose of “magic mushrooms” changes brain connectivity to alleviate symptoms of the devastating mental illness Peer-Reviewed PublicationGenomic Press image: Whole brain multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) reveals that seed brain regions including the thalamus 8 -6 8, insula -42 8 -6, inferior parietal lobe (IPL) -54...

A psychedelic drug, combined with intense therapy, improves PTSD symptoms
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A psychedelic drug, combined with intense therapy, improves PTSD symptoms

by American Chemical Society Credit: CC0 Public Domain Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects millions of people each year, mostly survivors and witnesses of terrifying or shocking events, such as warfare, assaults or disasters. Because existing treatments don’t work for everyone, new therapies are urgently needed. Today, scientists report results and follow-up data from a phase...