Psilocybin May Help Rewire The Brain To Treat Depression
By rewiring the brain, the antidepressant effects of psychedelics lasted weeks after the initial treatment. The findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, suggest psilocybin could help in treating people whose depression has not responded to traditional antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). Strengthening connections with other brain regions could help with depression and other psychiatric conditions that have fixed patterns of thinking. It may also eliminate the need to take daily medicine as one to two doses was enough to help symptoms....