Psilocybin Therapy May Work as Well as Common Antidepressant
Scientific American Psilocybin Therapy May Work as Well as Common Antidepressant For the first time, a randomized controlled trial shows the psychedelic offers potent, if short-term, relief in comparison with an SSRI Print Psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” may provide relief from depression symptoms that is equivalent to, or better than, an SSRI antidepressant. Credit: Getty Images Advertisement The first randomized controlled trial to compare the illicit psychedelic psilocybin with a conventional selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant found tha...
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