Magic mushrooms can ease depression resistant to other treatments, major study finds

A major new study has found that just a single dose of magic mushrooms could significantly ease depression.Results found the psychedelic could help with symptoms that is resistant to other treatments.Symptoms went into remission in four in 10 patients taking part in the first publicly-funded trial of the therapy.One person described the treatment as “very emotional” at times, but said it helped them to understand their depression more.The patient said: “It got very intense two or three times… one part that got very emotional for me I felt like I was in a ribcage of some sort and in that I saw my dad holding my sister and that image stays with me because those are two people I have lost.“I felt like it was a way of them saying we are here and that was definitely a point of emotional release