Estudo: Depressão e cogumelos mágicos

Parece que ajudam, mas cuidado con a automedicação (dizem os especialistas):
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/13/magic-mushrooms-reboot-brain-in-depressed-people-study

Citando:
"Magic mushrooms may effectively “reset” the activity of key brain circuits known to play a role in depression, the latest study to highlight the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics suggests.

Psychedelics have shown promising results in the treatment of depression and addictions in a number of clinical trials over the last decade. Imperial College London researchers used psilocybin – the psychoactive compound that occurs naturally in magic mushrooms – to treat a small number of patients with depression, monitoring their brain function, before and after."

Microdosing

Basicamente é droga "aos cochichos", a  posse é apesar de tudo ilegal (em alguns países) e os efeitos secundários a médio-longo prazo são completamente desconhecidos:
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39516345

Citando:
""Microdosing at a medical level, we know absolutely nothing about," he explains.

"The only way that we can sort out whether or not it works is by doing a blinded, placebo-controlled randomised trial."

He says the dangers of people self-medicating like this are currently completely unknown, and that is where the problem lies.

"The definition of a microdose is that you don't notice the subjective effect, but that doesn't mean it's not having any effect on you‬.

"We don't know what the risks in the long term might be.

"There was some concern before 1970 - when the drugs were being used clinically - that in people who were liable to develop schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, the drugs might actually uncover those problems in some people."

Mais fontes:
http://www.medicaldaily.com/boost-mood-foster-creativity-and-ease-anxiety-lsd-update-popular-microdosing-415281

Magic mushrooms lift severe depression in clinical trial | Science | The Guardian

Magic mushrooms lift severe depression in clinical trial | Science | The Guardian



Estudo: http://www.thelancet.com/pb/assets/raw/Lancet/pdfs/S2215036616300657.pdf