Psilocybin works by increasing "mental flexibility," allowing patients to reframe their relationship with addiction, ...

Psilocybin - the psychoactive compound in "magic mushrooms" - is gaining scientific attention for its potential in treating ...

A new study, published in JAMA Network Open, reports the outcome of a clinical trial out of Johns Hopkins University assessing the effectiveness of psilocybin as a treatment for smokers attempting to ...

Researchers are now testing whether psilocybin can treat severe depression without producing the hallucinogenic trip that has ...

A modified version of psilocin could offer a way of treating certain neuropsychiatric conditions, without hallucinatory side effects.

Scientists are exploring a new way to harness the medical promise of psychedelic compounds without the mind-bending side effects. Researchers created modified versions of psilocin — the active form of ...

Many people with tough-to-treat depression may be trying psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, as an alternative to antidepressants. Thinking that it's a "natural" drug, folks might ...

Researchers synthesized modified versions of psilocin that retained their activity while producing fewer hallucinogenic-like effects in a preliminary study in mice.

"Magic" mushrooms achieve their psychedelic effects by temporarily scrambling a brain network involved in introspective thinking like daydreaming and remembering, a new study reports. Brain scans of ...

Researchers develop 4e, a psilocin derivative that provides sustained serotonin activity without the hallucinogenic effects of magic mushrooms.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People in a new study who took psilocybin often experienced headache, nausea, anxiety, dizziness and elevated blood pressure -- ...