{"id":139197,"date":"2021-05-10T07:49:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T15:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=139197"},"modified":"2021-05-10T07:49:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T15:49:17","slug":"nyt-the-psychedelic-revolution-is-coming-psychiatry-may-never-be-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=139197","title":{"rendered":"NYT: The Psychedelic Revolution Is Coming. Psychiatry May Never Be the Same."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/09\/health\/psychedelics-mdma-psilocybin-molly-mental-health.html\">From the New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>* Numerous studies have shown that classic psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin are not addictive and cause no organ damage in even high doses. And contrary to popular lore, Ecstasy does not leave holes in users\u2019 brains, studies say, nor will a bad acid trip lead to chromosome damage.<\/p>\n<p>* Though researchers are still trying to understand the cognitive and therapeutic mechanics of psychedelics, they have concluded that psilocybin, DMT and other psychoactive chemicals can help people feel more tolerance, understanding and empathy. They also induce neuroplasticity, the brain\u2019s ability to change and reorganize thought patterns, enabling people with psychological disorders to find new ways to process anxiety, depression or deeply embedded trauma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can help people who have lost the plotline of their lives,\u201d Dr. Doblin said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the New York Times: * Numerous studies have shown that classic psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin are not addictive and cause no organ damage in even high doses. And contrary to popular lore, Ecstasy does not leave holes in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=139197\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42877],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychiatry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139198,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139197\/revisions\/139198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=139197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=139197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}