Increased amygdala responses after psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression

Re:Increased amygdala responses after psilocybin for treatme... by log_base_login on Saturday January 06, 2018 @08:41AM (#16085194)

The last sentence of the abstract does a good job of this:

>"Based on the present results, we propose that psilocybin with psychological support is a treatment approach that potentially revives emotional responsiveness in depression, enabling patients to reconnect with their emotions."

This hypothesis was borne out in the data produced by the experiment.

Essentially, they were able to increase empathy in their patients which enabled the patients to experience less isolation, thus relieving (some/most of) their depression.

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Re:Increased amygdala responses after psilocybin for treatme... by strangegecko on Monday January 08, 2018 @03:56AM (#16095520)

Sounds like an alternative might then be loving kindness meditation which is basically a mental workout plan for opening up and feeling kindness to yourself, other people, and human experience in general.

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