http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4877462.stm wrote:
Professor Grob believes the psilocybin, like LSD, gives an insight into one's sub-conscious.
"Individuals can have very deep, very personally rewarding experiences" he says. "[They] can have beautiful aesthetic experiences, powerful autobiographic experiences, where they review aspects of their lives. There's something about that experience that seems to have an intrinsic capacity to heal."
Professor Grob's study is a small pilot - just eight volunteers. It is, however, one of a number of new research projects into psychedelics sanctioned over the last few years: psilocybin is being studied for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; MDMA, more commonly known as Ecstasy, is being used alongside psychotherapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
There's even a tentative step to get permission to use LSD for cluster headaches - a debilitating condition that involves months of severe migraines.
"Individuals can have very deep, very personally rewarding experiences" he says. "[They] can have beautiful aesthetic experiences, powerful autobiographic experiences, where they review aspects of their lives. There's something about that experience that seems to have an intrinsic capacity to heal."
Professor Grob's study is a small pilot - just eight volunteers. It is, however, one of a number of new research projects into psychedelics sanctioned over the last few years: psilocybin is being studied for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; MDMA, more commonly known as Ecstasy, is being used alongside psychotherapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
There's even a tentative step to get permission to use LSD for cluster headaches - a debilitating condition that involves months of severe migraines.
HA! I called this back in high school wehn I gave a speech to my class about the theraputic effects of psychodelic drugs...
of course that was before I tripped-out at a party, jumped from a moving vehicle, got naked, tore up all my money, pissed my pants, thought I was dead and in limbo, and got beaten to a bloody pepper-sprayed pulp by 9 police officers.
