As a psychologist who has served as a therapist and site co-principal investigator in clinical trials of MDMA and psilocybin, I'm often asked what conditions psychedelic therapy can treat and how it ...

Mind-altering psychedelics continue to show promising research results as potential therapeutics for certain mental health conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. But ...

Texas is helping shape the future of psychedelic therapies. Here's how they work and what access could look like.

A large team of scientists, found that a single dose of psilocybin created positive changes in the brain and well-being, one ...

For decades, one of the most standardized practices in medical and scientific research has been the use of placebos. No, we’re not talking about the 2000s alt-rock band. We’re talking about a method ...

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Sept. 11, 2025 -- Psychedelics like ketamine, psilocybin, and MDMA are emerging as promising treatments for mood disorders that don’t respond to standard care. What has research shown using these ...

Understanding exactly how psychedelics promote new connections in the brain is critical to developing targeted, non-hallucinogenic therapeutics that can treat neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric ...

Reardon is a senior at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, head of marketing at Truxtun, a veteran-focused psychedelic retreat company, and a writer at Tripwire, a news blog covering ...