A psychoactive ingredient found in ayahuasca, a brew used in shamanistic rituals in South America, has shown promise as a treatment for depression in a phase 2a trial. In the study, 34 people living ...

Compounds in psychedelic drugs like DMT, psilocybin, and psilocin are naturally produced in certain plants, fungi, and animals, and have a long history of use in spiritual and therapeutic contexts.

A web of EEG electrodes covered Anton Bilton’s scalp like a jeweled headdress. The machine would map his brain activity while the potent psychedelic dimethyltryptamine, commonly known as DMT, coursed ...

Study finds participants saw reduction in depressive symptoms as researchers welcome ‘promising’ results A phase II clinical trial has found dimethyltryptamine (DMT), one of the psychoactive ...

Over the last few years, evidence has piled up that psychedelic drugs can provide relatively rapid relief from the symptoms of clinical depression. The drugs seemingly work by boosting the brain’s ...

A powerful psychedelic, best known for its intense but brief effects, may offer a new way to treat depression. In a Phase 2 clinical trial at Imperial College London, a single intravenous dose of ...

One person’s recreational drug trip might be another’s mental health boost. Research out today finds that dimethyltryptamine, better known as DMT, could be effective at treating people’s depression.

Researchers find DMT – used in shamanic rituals – in tandem with psychotherapy has significant effect People with major depressive disorder can see a rapid and lasting improvement after a single dose ...

A single dose of the psychedelic drug dimethyltryptamine (DMT) had a rapid and sustained effect on depressive symptoms in a small trial. DMT – a fast-acting and extremely potent psychedelic found in ...

A master meditator has spent 15 years learning to quiet his sense of self – and brain scans suggest he achieved a similarly altered state with a powerful psychedelic. “There seems to be, with that low ...

Proving that one scenester’s cringe is another’s creative gold, the London duo turns its retro-fetishizing gaze to early-’10s indie, finding both wit and pathos in their deeply uncool inspirations.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researcher David Luke has been studying psychedelic experiences for most of his career. He found that many people were reporting meeting bizarre ...