Shrooms in the News Volume 4: Anderson Cooper, Demoralization and Lasting Belief
I’m at it again. Here’s your 4th installment of al the shroom news fit to print. From a 60 Minutes report spotlighting folks one year after psychedelic therapy to calls for research participants at UC San Francisco, it’s a whole lot of good news in the wellness realm.
60 Minutes Spotlight with Anderson Cooper on Psychedelic Retreats in Mexico
Set to air this Sunday, Anderson Cooper reports from a psilocybin retreat for veterans and first responders in Mexico. What makes this different from other reports? He checks in one year after the psilocybin experience. Here’s a sneak preview of the transcript.
Ed Glover: Prior to the retreat, I thought about takin' my life just about every day. I had a very close call. You know, the note, the gun. That is no longer the case.
Anderson Cooper: You haven't had thoughts of killing yourself since then?
Ed Glover: Not one.
New Research Reveals Mechanism Behind Lasting Self Belief Change Ascribed to Psilocybin
Though the sample size is tiny, researchers with the help of EEG reports, find that positive self-belief confidence dramatically rose four weeks after a macro dose of psilocybin paired with integration counseling.
Call for Clinical Trials Participants at UC San Francisco
From studies examining the efficacy of psilocybin therapy on anorexia to treating demoralization in end of life scenarios, here’s a smattering of real-time research trials actively looking for participants.