Leading psychiatrists and researchers examine common assumptions about the term “psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy” and the role of psychotherapy when evaluating psilocybin treatment. Authors ...

The DEA has forwarded a petition to change the federal regulatory classification for psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in "magic mushrooms," to HHS for a medical and scientific review. The ...

Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in so-called magic mushrooms, is emerging as one of the most intriguing tools in modern psychiatry, not because it numbs symptoms but because it appears to ...

“We are in the middle of a rapidly evolving cultural, media, and legal landscape when it comes to psychedelics,” says Nora D. Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

A hand in a blue glove plucks a white mushroom from a dense stand of mushrooms. Mature magic mushrooms are carefully harvested to minimize damage. Credit: Filament Health Some scientists theorize that ...

Nearly one in four Americans now believe that the use of psilocybin or “magic” mushrooms should be legal — a level of backing comparable to cannabis in the mid-1990s ahead of the introduction of ...