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Scientific American: Psychedelic Healing?

scorpion68a rated 9 months ago
From the page: "no treatment in the medical literature eases OCD symptoms as fast as psilocybin does. Whereas other drugs take several weeks to show an effect, psilocybin worked almost immediately. Preliminary results of a current study led by psychiatrist Charles Grob of the Harbor-UCLA Med...

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scorpion68a rated 9 months ago
From the page: "no treatment in the medical literature eases OCD symptoms as fast as psilocybin does. Whereas other drugs take several weeks to show an effect, psilocybin worked almost immediately. Preliminary results of a current study led by psychiatrist Charles Grob of the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center suggest that psilocybin may reduce the psychological distress associated with terminal cancer. This research seeks to measure the effectiveness of psilocybin on the reduction of anxiety,"
jlesage rated 9 months ago
From the page: "Hallucinogenic drugs, which blew minds in the 1960s, soon may be used to treat mental ailments."