MDMA is part of a new wave of psychoactive drugs that show great potential for treating conditions such as severe depression and PTSD. But not everyone is convinced. And even if such drugs gain FDA ...

Use of antipsychotic and psychoactive drugs following surgery generally fell in various settings among those experiencing postoperative delirium, according to a study published in the Journal of the ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Psychoactive drugs chemically alter the brain ...

The silent footage is from the film, "Psychoactive Drugs," and features footage of a roundtable discussion among prominent middle-aged psychiatrists and medical professionals in the 1960s, focusing on ...

Federal regulators are taking aim at a popular category of psychoactive edibles that contain an iconic red-capped mushroom in the wake of a rash of illnesses and even a few suspected deaths. This week ...

The consumption of powerful psychoactive drugs is a feature of other species beyond humans. Psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel most famously raised public and scientific awareness of the unmistakable ...

Lori Tipton is among the growing number of people who say that MDMA, also known as ecstasy, saved their lives. Raised in New Orleans by a mother with untreated bipolar disorder who later killed ...