Magic Mushrooms may be Therapeutic

With the growing number of studies on these mushrooms it has been concluded that, they might work magic for certain mental disorders.  The new research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has promising future in curing depression.  Researcher David Nutt quoted, "We have found that these drugs turn off the parts of the brain that integrate sensations- seeing, hearing, feeling-with thinking".  Another brain region that psilocybin affects is the anterior cingulate cortex, which is over-active in depression.  Some patients with severe depression that cannot be treated with brain stimulation and using the Psilocybin could be a cheaper option.  

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/23/magic-mushrooms-may-be-therapeutic/?hpt=he_c1