{"id":12441,"date":"2016-06-17T11:49:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T18:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accessrx.com\/blog\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2011-06-17T11:49:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T18:49:47","slug":"magic-mushrooms-cure-depression-jd0617","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/current-health-news\/magic-mushrooms-cure-depression-jd0617\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Magic Mushrooms Cure Anxiety and Depression?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"magic<\/a>Magic mushrooms were popularized during the 1960\u2019s as a recreational drug and symbol associated with the counterculture movement.\u00a0 They have also been used throughout history as a source for a spiritual journey or “awakening” by many cultures.\u00a0 However, as a result of its relationship with such a rebellious movement during the Vietnam era, \u201cShrooms\u201d have been avoided as a legitimate therapy in recent years.\u00a0\u00a0Its taboo political status caused it to be overlooked, and it was not considered for use as a medically sound therapeutic tool.<\/p>\n

Recent research has shown that it is very possible that Psilocybin, the potent psychoactive substance found in magic mushrooms, could be used to treat anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n

This new study was conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.\u00a0 The study is a part of a breakthrough area of research using psychoactive drugs such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline to treat alcoholism and other addictions, along with treating anxiety and depression.\u00a0 The research found that Psilocybin can be safely used in a controlled setting, resulting in positive mood alterations and life-changing experiences.\u00a0 The positive effects of these changes were retained even after the psilocybin was no longer active in their body.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreviously, we looked at a single high dose of and showed that it occasioned these mystical-type experiences that had profoundly meaningful and spiritually significant effects,\u201d says study researcher Roland Griffiths, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and neuroscience at Hopkins.<\/p>\n

For the study, 18 healthy adult volunteers were given different doses of Psilocybin.\u00a0 After\"Magic<\/a> just one dose, nearly 75% of the volunteers stated that they had amazing spiritual and mystical experiences that made them more open-minded and honest, closer to family and friends, and less judgmental of others in general.<\/p>\n

On the down side, about 30% of the volunteers also experienced some bad effects such as periods of overwhelming anxiety and fear.\u00a0 However these periods were short and most volunteers said that the experience was ultimately beneficial.\u00a0 In subsequent studies it was found that reducing the dose drastically decreased the occurrence of these bad effects, with minimal reduction of the \u201cmystical\u201d or positive effects of the drug.<\/p>\n

Nearly half of the participants in the study rated their experience with Psilocybin to be the most life-changing and meaningful experience of their lives.<\/p>\n

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Magic mushrooms were popularized during the 1960\u2019s as a recreational drug and symbol associated with the counterculture movement.\u00a0 They have also been used throughout history as a source for a spiritual journey or “awakening” by many cultures.\u00a0 However, as a result of its relationship with such a rebellious movement during the Vietnam era, \u201cShrooms\u201d have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-health-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t