16 Oct Magic Mushrooms Can “Reboot” The Brains Of People Suffering With Depression

While most people associate magic mushrooms, or “‘shrooms”, with psychedelic hallucinations, dorm room parties, and hippies wearing tye-dye t-shirts, a team of scientists claim to have discovered an legitimate medicinal use for the fungus.

Researchers at Imperial College London may have effectively used psilocybin, a compound found in magic mushrooms, to “reboot” the brains of people diagnosed with depression.

Psilocybin, which is naturally found in magic mushrooms, is responsible for producing the psychedelic effects associated with the fungi. It’s the same substance that might make you see little green men marching down the hallway, or think that the walls are melting into a swirl of colors.

The therapeutic benefits of psychedelics have gained more interest from researchers in the past decade, and there have been positive results from a number of clinical trials. In this latest study, psilocybin may have proven to change the activity of key brain circuits known to be associated with depression.

Patients who were given the psychedelic compound report feeling “rebooted” after treatment.

Brain scans of patients were taken before and after receiving psilocybin.

The images revealed changes in brain activity that related to a long term reduction in depressive symptoms. Five weeks later, patients claimed that they were still feeling better. Not only was a decrease in depression reported, but participants also found they had an elevated mood and experienced less overall stress.

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