Researchers observed the psychological effects after participants took a 25 mg dose.

Psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, could alleviate depression for at least five years after just one dose, according to a new study. The research, presented June 18 at ...

Magic mushrooms may help the brain break out of its usual patterns, with effects linked to improved well-being weeks later.

Psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, could alleviate depression for at least five years after just one dose, according to a new study. The research, presented June 18 at ...

How can we live longer? The eternal question, and one that scientists have long been trying to answer. But one new study seems to suggest that psilocybin, found in so-called “magic mushrooms”, could ...

Imagine a severely depressed woman—let’s call her Amber—who just arrived at her therapist’s office. She is curious about receiving her first dose of psilocybin in a Phase 3 clinical study. Psilocybin ...

For centuries, indigenous cultures across Mexico and Central America have used Psilocybe mushrooms in their healing ceremonies. Today, those same fungi are being explored as a treatment for ...