Clues to psilocybin's epigenetic effects on people with alcohol use disorder (opens in new tab)

Some psychedelics, psychoactive substances that alter people's mood, perceptions and mental processes, were recently found to be promising alternative treatments for some mental health disorders. The substance that has attracted the most interest so far is psilocybin, a naturally occurring hallucinogenic compound found in more than 200 types of mushrooms.