How Magic Mushrooms Change the Brain | The Agenda

After a single dose, or sometimes two, people with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, end-of-life distress, OCD, trauma, and even anorexia are finding relief in psilocybin-assisted therapy. What is happening during these experience? How do magic mushrooms change the brain? And why does it lend itself to such a wide range of mental illnesses?
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