Magic mushrooms 'promising' in depression
Posted: 18 May 2016, 09:02A hallucinogenic chemical in magic mushrooms shows promise for people with untreatable depression, a short study on just 12 people hints.
Eight patients were no longer depressed after the "mystical and spiritual" experience induced by the drug.
The findings, in the Lancet Psychiatry, showed five of the patients were still depression-free after three months.
Experts cautiously welcomed the findings as "promising, but not completely compelling".
There have now been calls for the drug to be tested in larger trials
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36247599
Eight patients were no longer depressed after the "mystical and spiritual" experience induced by the drug.
The findings, in the Lancet Psychiatry, showed five of the patients were still depression-free after three months.
Experts cautiously welcomed the findings as "promising, but not completely compelling".
There have now been calls for the drug to be tested in larger trials
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36247599