Could psilocybin offer a breakthrough for treatment-resistant depression?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Psilocybin mushrooms contain numerous chemical compounds that researchers have not yet studied. (Smitt/iStock via Getty Images ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hallucinogenic mushrooms that contain the drug psilocybin sit in a dehydrator to prepare for microdosing in Olympia, Wash.

Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in certain species of mushrooms that alters perception, mood and consciousness by acting on serotonin receptors in the brain, and it is ...

Amid a renaissance in the science of psychedelics, public interest in psilocybin—or magic mushrooms, as they've long been known—is surging. We are substance use researchers who have spent more than a ...

(The Conversation) — Amid a renaissance in the science of psychedelics, public interest in psilocybin – or magic mushrooms, as they’ve long been known – is surging. One study found that rates of ...