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A Washington, D.C., resident has an operation growing psilocybin mushrooms. Brain researchers are increasingly studying psychedelic compounds like psilocybin and LSD as potential treatments for anxiety, depression and other disorders.

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Psychedelic drugs may launch a new era in psychiatric treatment, brain scientists say

11:50am December 27, 2022

by Jon Hamilton

Psychedelic drugs were a hot topic at this year's Society for Neuroscience meeting. Researchers hope the drugs can help people with disorders like depression and PTSD.

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LSD blotter tabs sit on top of a US quarter coin. A drug based off of psychedelic LSD appears to relieve depression and anxiety in mice, but without the hallucinogenic side effects.

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These LSD-based drugs seem to help mice with anxiety and depression — without the trip

6:01am October 05, 2022

by Jon Hamilton

Scientists have made a drug based on LSD that seems to fight depression without producing a psychedelic experience.

Eleanor Cole, Ph.D., demonstrates the treatment on trial participant Deirdre Lehman in May 2019 at the Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab.

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An experimental depression treatment uses electric currents to bring relief

6:01am February 06, 2022

by Lesley McClurg

The remedy is a new type of transcranial magnetic stimulation that's showing good results in just five days of treatment. For some patients, it's life-changing.