Sixty seconds on . . . psilocybin
BMJ May 18, 2016 Nigel Hawkes 5 citations
A study in London found that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, may be effective against treatment-resistant depression. Effects appeared quickly, within a week, and over 40% of treated patients remained in remission three months later. The patients had depression that had not responded to other treatments.