"A Really Good Day" author Ayelet Waldman says dropping LSD every day for a month lifted her out of suicidal depression. Here's what you need to know. Ayelet Waldman was desperate. Her feelings of ...

Scientists have long known that psychedelics like LSD can help the brain grow new connections. These drugs promote something called neuroplasticity, which helps the brain heal from mental illness. But ...

People with generalized anxiety disorder improved significantly after they got a single dose of LSD powerful enough to induce a psychedelic trip.

In November 1956, three people gathered in a converted Connecticut barn to take LSD, a powerful psychedelic drug that was legal at the time. The children had just been put to bed upstairs. In the ...

In recent years, scientists have found some success in treating mental health disorders like major depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) with hallucinogens like ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — LSD reduced symptoms of anxiety in a midstage study published Thursday, paving the way for additional testing and possible medical approval of a psychedelic drug that has been banned ...

People suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or GAS, often describe a constant feeling of overwhelming, crippling worry. It’s like a radio in your brain that’s always catching static, and it’s ...

A dose of LSD – that psychedelic drug hippie grandmothers took in the 60s – could help ease anxiety, a new study has found. LSD, also called acid, is a hallucinatory drug that makes us feel euphoric, ...

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech ...