Video: A New Understanding: The Science of Psilocybin
A New Understanding: The Science of Psilocybin (youtube)
... explores the treatment of end-of-life anxiety in
terminally ill cancer patients using psilocybin, a psychoactive compound
found in some mushrooms, to facilitate deeply spiritual experiences.
The documentary explores the confluence of science and spirituality in
the first psychedelic research studies since the 1970s with terminally
ill patients.
The treatment aims to help the patient understand that a 'good' death is
possible, and to help the patient's family deal well with the dying
process.
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