Psychedelic Mushrooms Used As Treatment for Depression

“Expand your mind, man!” was a popular phrase that arose from the 1960’s counterculture movement. However, it was most likely not referring to the specific neurochemical pathways within the brain that are associated with clinical depression. Yet now, investigators from Imperial College London have just published evidence showing that patients taking psilocybin—the psychoactive compound that occurs naturally in magic mushrooms—to treat depression show reduced symptom