2024
Psychological flexibility as a mechanism of change in psilocybin-assisted therapy for major depression: results from an exploratory placebo-controlled trial
Sloshower J, Zeifman R, Guss J, Krause R, Safi-Aghdam H, Pathania S, Pittman B, D’Souza D. Psychological flexibility as a mechanism of change in psilocybin-assisted therapy for major depression: results from an exploratory placebo-controlled trial. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 8833. PMID: 38632313, PMCID: PMC11024097, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58318-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsilocybin-assisted therapyPsychological flexibilityDepression severityModerate to severe MDDSpectrum of neuropsychiatric conditionsTarget psychological flexibilityIncrease psychological flexibilityMental health conditionsManualized psychotherapyPsilocybin treatmentSevere MDDDepressive disorderExperiential acceptanceCommitment therapyDosing sessionsNeuropsychiatric conditionsPsychedelic trialsPlacebo-controlled trialWithin-subjectMDDPsilocybinAdministered placeboPlacebo-controlledDepressionClinical samples
2020
Exploratory Controlled Study of the Migraine-Suppressing Effects of Psilocybin
Schindler EAD, Sewell RA, Gottschalk CH, Luddy C, Flynn LT, Lindsey H, Pittman BP, Cozzi NV, D'Souza D. Exploratory Controlled Study of the Migraine-Suppressing Effects of Psilocybin. Neurotherapeutics 2020, 18: 534-543. PMID: 33184743, PMCID: PMC8116458, DOI: 10.1007/s13311-020-00962-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTherapeutic effectAdverse eventsSingle administrationPsychotropic effectsWeekly migraine daysSerious adverse eventsCross-over studyEffects of psilocybinOral placeboMigraine daysMigraine frequencyClinical effectsControlled StudyHeadache disordersMigraine headacheHeadache diaryDrug effectsDrug AdministrationNeuropsychiatric conditionsMigraineFinal analysisStudy proceduresReceptor ligandsWeeksAdministration
1999
NMDA Agonists and Antagonists as Probes of Glutamatergic Dysfunction and Pharmacotherapies in Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Krystal J, D'Souza C, Petrakis I, Belger A, Berman R, Charney D, AbiSaab W, Madonick S. NMDA Agonists and Antagonists as Probes of Glutamatergic Dysfunction and Pharmacotherapies in Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Harvard Review Of Psychiatry 1999, 7: 125-143. PMID: 10483932, DOI: 10.3109/hrp.7.3.125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subclassChronic pain syndromePain syndromeGlutamatergic dysfunctionNMDA agonistClinical studiesMajor depressionNMDA antagonistsGlutamate receptorsCoagonist siteParkinson's diseaseHuman psychopharmacological studiesPartial agonistAlzheimer's diseaseNeuropsychiatric conditionsNeuropsychiatric disordersDiseasePsychopharmacological studiesAnxiety disordersHuntington's diseaseAgonistsAntagonistTherapeutic hypothesesDisordersAddiction disorders