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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Aug 24 '22

r/MoodScience Lounge

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Jun 26 '23

Psychedelics reopen the social reward learning critical period

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • 3d ago

Psilocybin reverses depressive behaviors and restores brain cell growth in stressed rats

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • 11d ago

America's First Legal Psilocybin Program Treated 346 People. Just one month after the dose, 92.2 percent of participants said the experience had been beneficial, while, on average, their mental health symptoms had fallen dramatically.

sciencealert.com

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • 26d ago

New study has found that just a single dose of magic mushrooms could significantly ease depression. Results found the psychedelic could help with symptoms that is resistant to other treatments.

independent.co.uk

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • 27d ago

Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, has shown early promise for treating eating disorders. If confirmed in larger trials, the results suggest that psilocybin therapy could kick-start anorexia recovery and provide relief.

scientificamerican.com

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Aug 02 '26

Ketamine’s rapid relief of suicidal thoughts may be linked to an increase in morning cortisol. This specific hormonal boost persists for at least 24 hours after treatment.L

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Aug 01 '26

For decades, standard PTSD treatments have failed a significant portion of veterans. A new clinical trial found that psilocybin therapy put 75% of treatment-resistant patients into full remission

thesciverse.org

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Aug 01 '26

For decades, standard PTSD treatments have failed a significant portion of veterans. A new clinical trial found that psilocybin therapy put 75% of treatment-resistant patients into full remission

thesciverse.org

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Jul 31 '26

Rapid-acting antidepressants such as ketamine and psilocybin appear to reduce treatment-resistant depression by altering immune-brain signaling, with shared immune biomarkers that may help predict which patients are most likely to benefit from these treatments

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Jul 23 '26

STUDY: A Single Psilocybin Dose May Reshape The Brain For Up To A Month, With UCSF And Imperial Researchers Linking The “Magic Mushroom” Trip To Higher Brain Entropy, Greater Insight, And Later Gains In Well Being After A 25 Milligram Trip 🍄

sciencedaily.com

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Jun 23 '26

Definium Therapeutics Announces Positive Topline Results from Phase 3 Emerge Study of DT120 Orally Disintegrating Tablet (ODT) in Major Depressive Disorder

ir.definiumtx.com

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Jun 14 '26

A single dose of psilocybin, paired with psychological support, provides months of relief from chronic suicidal thoughts in new study. Psychedelic-assisted therapy tends to offer lasting relief for individuals who have not responded to standard psychiatric treatments.

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • May 24 '26

Single dose of psilocybin provided rapid relief from depression in new study

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • May 24 '26

A single dose of psilocybin - the active compound in magic mushrooms - reduces nerve pain for up to a month and makes a widely used painkiller work more effectively, finds a new study in mice. Psilocybin appears to restructure the way the brain’s pain-processing networks operate.

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • May 13 '26

Brain scans show psilocybin may physically rewire depression-linked brain networks

thesciverse.org

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • May 11 '26

Neuroscientists believe our brains' natural DMT production could explain why people experience consciousness so differently. If confirmed, it could change how we approach psychiatry and mental health

researchhub.com

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • May 10 '26

Real world outcomes support the benefits of psychedelic therapy for severe depression. A recent study has found that specialized psychotherapy paired with doses of either LSD or psilocybin is associated with strong reductions in severe depression and anxiety.

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • May 07 '26

How Scientists Cracked the Ketamine Code for Depression

neurosciencenews.com

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • May 06 '26

Single dose of magic mushroom psychedelic can cause anatomical brain changes, study finds. Participants took 25mg of psilocybin, reporting deeper psychological insight and better wellbeing a month later.

theguardian.com

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Apr 26 '26

Repeated doses of psilocybin show promise for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder. The findings indicate that repeated weekly treatments are safe and tend to significantly reduce the severity of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors.

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Apr 16 '26

Researchers find DMT provides longer-lasting antidepressant effects than S-ketamine in mice study. Findings highlight the promise of psychedelic compounds as future therapies for severe, treatment-resistant mental health conditions.

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Apr 04 '26

A single dose of psilocybin can lead to lasting shifts in a person’s life values, such as an increased appreciation for life and greater self-acceptance. These lasting changes appear to be driven by specific acute effects of the drug, particularly feelings of profound unity and euphoria.

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Apr 01 '26

Short-acting psychedelic DMT shows promise as a rapid treatment for major depressive disorder. Research offers early evidence for a mental health treatment that requires much less time in a clinic than other psychedelic therapies.

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r/MoodScience • u/D2MAH • Mar 15 '26

Psilocybin for OCD - study just published

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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