Author Archives: Psychedelic Insights

Danielle Cinone Magic Mushrooms & Cancer Cancer can be life-changing and emotional. When patients experience anxiety and depression, they may turn to traditional methods like medication or talk therapy for help coping. However, a new study suggests an “out-of-the-box” method may have “profound” results in treating the enormous mental health issues that can come withContinue reading “Treating Cancer Depression With Magic Mushrooms? ‘First of Its Kind Study’ Shows Psychedelic May Have ‘Profound’ Impact for Patients”

Lawyer suggest only ‘matter of time’ before psilocybin legalized for recreational use by adults in Canada Bryce Hoye · CBC News · Posted: May 22, 2023 4:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 23 The active component in magic mushrooms helped give Janis Hughes, 66, a new outlook on life as she prepares for death — a benefit the StageContinue reading “Terminal cancer patient renews call for psilocybin access amid Winnipeg magic mushroom shop bust”

The capsule contained 25 milligrams of synthetic psilocybin, the compound naturally found in “magic mushrooms”. Lindy is one of 35 participants in Australia’s first psychedelic-assisted therapy trial, which is winding up at St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne after three and a half years. It was initiated to investigate how psilocybin, combined with psychotherapy, might alleviate the anguishContinue reading ““Excuse my French, but f*** me,” she exclaims to the two therapists sitting either side of her in the darkened room. “It’s so intense.””

When Janis Hughes finished her first high-dose psilocybin trip, she thought she might die at the dining room table. But she felt just fine with that. “It was the most marvelous state of being I’ve ever experienced. And I felt like it was where I’m going to go when I die,” Hughes, 66, told Filter. She experienced herContinue reading ““My Fear of Dying Was Erased”—the Call for End-of-Life Psilocybin Care “

Apr 26, 2023 Hayley Virgil Patients with curable metastatic cancer appear to have long-lasting improvements in depression symptoms 8 weeks after a single treatment with psilocybin therapy. Treatment with psilocybin therapy resulted in clinically meaningful and long-lasting improvements in depression symptoms over 8 weeks following a single treatment of psilocybin therapy combined with group therapyContinue reading “Psilocybin Therapy in Cancer Yields Meaningful Improvement in Depression”

Sunstone Therapies published data from a small Phase II trial highlighting potential benefits of psilocybin therapy in cancer and depression. By William Newton Psilocybin-assisted therapy could help patients with cancer and major depression disorder, according to new data from an open-label Phase II trial published in JAMA Oncology. Precision medicine for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Emerging trends inContinue reading “Psilocybin could aid patients with cancer and depression, new study suggests”

For centuries, psychedelic plants and fungi have been harvested and explored for medicinal purposes. Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann’s 1938 synthesis of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and his subsequent isolation and synthesis of the “magic mushroom” compounds psilocybin and psilocin ushered in a period of extensive scientific inquiry into the possible benefits of these agents. However, governmentContinue reading “Psilocybin studies may lead to ‘revolutionary’ shift in cancer-related depression treatment”

Their efforts could benefit countless others in need of an end-of-life measure When Erinn Baldeschwiler was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer in March 2020, the then 48-year-old mother of two knew she wanted to seek treatment—but not just for the cancer itself. She also wanted something to address the emotional anguish that accompaniesContinue reading “Two Cancer Patients Battle to Make Psilocybin Accessible for Palliative Care”