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Could magic mushrooms be the key to curing depression?
debilitating mental state, then allow me to explain.
Put simply, depression occurs when the brain is unable to manufacture serotonin, the hormone which governs human happiness. Depression is far more damaging than unhappiness or sadness. It's a feeling of morbid self-disgust, guilt, weariness and hopelessness.
Chronically depressed people experience a number of side effects as a result of this unintentionally self-inflicted anguish: a weakened immune system, loss of appetite, social isolation and insomnia.
The rates of depression among the general populace speak for themselves. It can affect people of any age, gender or demographic; the National Institute of Mental Health has estimated that 16 million American adults suffered from depression in 2012 and, according to the World Health Organisation, approximately 350 million people suffer from depression worldwide. It's clear that we need to find some way of dealing with this crisis, and that our current model of treatment - prioritising antidepressants over therapy - is inadequate for the task at hand.