Psychedelic therapy currently experiencing a kind of renaissance and scientists say there may be at least one hallucinogenic substance that is capable of alleviating symptoms of depression. Psilobitsinat which is the active ingredient in magic mushrooms , has long been known to be therapeutically effective in humans suffering from depression. According to the results of research the reason for this is the ability of a substance to restore emotional response in the brain. What is truly remarkable when psilocybin, is the fact that this is precisely the opposite effect of a large class of classic antidepressants, SSRI, which are used to treat this disorder so prevalent.
According to Leo Rozman from Imperial College London 'therapy that uses psilocybin, relieves depressive symptoms by creating an emotional connection. And this is exactly the opposite of SSRI antidepressants, which many criticized for causing emotional blunting. "The study has examined 20 patients who were diagnosed with moderate to severe depression that is resistant to treatment to determine what kinds of effects will cause psilocybin on brain activity and depressive symptoms. After experiments, the majority of patients said they experienced the positive effects of therapy for a full five weeks later. Substance has caused increased activity in the amygdala reinforced reactions to people who fear, and persons who are happy.