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Photo by Önder Örtel on Unsplash

Psilocybin reduced depression symptoms as much as a leading antidepressant

New research compared the "magic mushrooms" component to Lexapro

Soren Emerson
11/3/2021, 1:13 PM
  • magic mushroom
  • psilocybin
  • antidepressants
  • depression
  • mental health
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Photo by Susanna Marsiglia on Unsplash  

Laughing gas could be the next tool against treatment-resistant depression

A small clinical trial shows promise for people who don't find relief from antidepressants

Soren Emerson
7/15/2021, 11:45 AM
  • depression
  • clinical trial
  • mental health
  • treatment
  • antidepressants
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H. Krisp on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Your antidepressants could affect color-changing shrimp

The jury is still out for the shrimp, but our medications do affect water-dwelling wildlife

Rafe Cotton
10/21/2020, 1:45 AM
  • animals
  • antidepressants
  • water pollution
  • neurotransmitters
  • shrimp
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 Photo by Jose A.Thompson on Unsplash

No, Marianne Williamson, antidepressants and antipsychotics are not just "store-bought neurotransmitters"

It is important for patients — and presidential candidates — to accurately understand how psychiatric drugs work

Alice Theibault
8/19/2019, 9:48 PM
  • depression
  • mental health
  • antidepressants
  • neurotransmitters
  • politics