Psilocybin Outperforms Lexapro In Mental Health And Well-Being "Both treatments led to comparable improvements in alleviating symptoms of depression at the six-week mark, ...

High dose psilocybin showed greater effectiveness than escitalopram, a common antidepressant, in treating depressive symptoms, a recent review indicates.

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders, affecting an estimated 300 million people worldwide. While there are currently numerous pharmacological treatments for depression, how different ...

However, the reductions were significantly greater in the psilocybin arm compared to the escitalopram (Lexapro) arm with an average difference of 8.73 at two weeks, 7.79 at four weeks, and 8.78 at ...

(CNN) — The matchup: Two doses of psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” against a six-week course of the popular antidepressant escitalopram, often sold as Lexapro or Cipralex.

“Compared with escitalopram treatment, patients in psilocybin therapy reported overall greater improvements in other study outcomes measures assessed in the follow-up period; general functioning ...

Treatment with psilocybin caused a general "flattening" of the hierarchical dynamics, whereas escitalopram led to an increase in hierarchical reorganization. Psychedelics and SSRIs work in different ...

But they did find that those who were given psilocybin reported a more rapid reduction of symptoms of depression than those who were given escitalopram, leading researchers to conclude that ...

(CNN) — The matchup: Two doses of psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” against a six-week course of the popular antidepressant escitalopram, often sold as Lexapro or Cipralex.

(CNN) — The matchup: Two doses of psilocybin, the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms,” against a six-week course of the popular antidepressant escitalopram, often sold as Lexapro or Cipralex.