Psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound found in magic mushrooms, can quickly relieve treatment-resistant depression with just one dose, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers treated 233 study participants with synthetic psilocybin and found that a single 25-milligram dose resulted in significant and rapid improvement of symptoms. The effects lasted about three months before waning.
Follow-up trials are needed to compare the effectiveness of synthetic psilocybin with existing depression treatments, according to CNN.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
