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“On mental health scales, heavier use tracked with small but consistent signs of worse well-being (especially more anxiety and stress), and with weaker links to depression, loneliness, negative mood, and poorer sleep, while self-esteem and body image scores showed no clear pattern.”

“After the mice that had had surgery recovered, the investigators assessed all the animals' cognitive performance via a maze test, measured IL-6 in the animals' blood, and quantified proteins involved in maintaining blood-brain barrier integrity in the animals' brains.”

“Reversal learning enables an organism to disengage from ongoing behavior, a quality that is related to impulsive or compulsive actions. Evidence suggests that reversal learning is impaired in neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.”

“Indeed, some studies have shown that the levels of BDNF in the serum of bipolar disorder patients are reduced whenever patients undergo a period of depression, hypomania, or mania. Other studies have shown that regardless of mood state, bipolar disorder patients present reduced levels of BDNF.”

“In particular, anecdotal reports of former patients experiencing depression, "brain fog," and difficulty finding the right words in conversation even months later appear to point to a potential long-term impact on cognition.”

“Whole-body hyperthermia is a therapeutic strategy used to treat various diseases, including cancer and depression. Previous research has shown that use of a hyperthermia chamber increases BDNF to a greater extent than light intensity exercise.”

“The researchers also administered several psychological assessments to measure any potentially problematic externalizing (e.g., tendency to break rules and engage in violence) and internalizing features (e.g., depression and anxiety) of behavior.”

“Roughly half of the world's population lives in urban areas, far removed from the natural environment. Evidence indicates that people who live in urban areas are at greater risk for mental health disorders, such as depression.”

“With clinical trials finding psilocybin treatment to be effective at reducing symptoms of treatment-resistant depression and obsessive compulsive disorder, increasingly more attention is being drawn to the potential mental health benefits of the compound.”

“Dr. Roland Griffiths is a clinical pharmacologist at Johns Hopkins and one of the world's foremost researchers on the psychedelic compound psilocybin. Learn more about Dr. Roland R. Griffiths Johns Hopkins Profile - Roland R. Griffiths. List of Publications.”