Four randomized, controlled clinical trials have established that psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound in “magic mushrooms,” has anti-depressant effects. Recently, a phase 2 clinical trial compared the effects of psiloc...

In a meta-analysis published in the journal Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica in 2021, researcher Andrea Sandstrom and colleagues reported that people with mood disorders had a three times higher incidence of attention-defici...

Photo by Robina Weermeijer on Unsplash -- Gliosis describes changes in glia that result from damage to the central nervous system. Researchers can use PET scans (positron emission tomography) to measure the extent of glios...