ReviewNpj mental health research2024
The effect of psilocybin on empathy and prosocial behavior: a proposed mechanism for enduring antidepressant effects.
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- Psilocybin increases emotional empathy in patients with major depression.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Psilocybin enhances sociability only in altered behavioural state and does not need an awake experience to be effective.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Psilocybin modulates social behaviour in male and female mice in a time-dependent manner.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Psilocybin improves novel object recognition in a rat model of Fragile X Syndrome through the modulation of the BDNF/TrkB signaling pathway.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Investigating the impact of serotonergic psychedelic drugs, MDMA and ketamine on social cognition in psychiatric disorders: A scoping review.Psychopharmacology · 2026Review
- Predicting Substance Use in Young Adults: The Role of Childhood Adversity.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Learning from boundlessness: epistemic shifts towards a holistic worldview following psychedelic experiences.Npj mental health research · 2026Article
- Psychedelic studies in nonhuman primates: Past and future.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Review
- Sex-dependent effects of psychedelics: review of evidence from rodent models.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- A comparative assessment of the antidepressant efficacy of ketamine, psilocybin, and fluoxetine in a chronic stress model.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- From Efficacy to Effectiveness: Evaluating Psychedelic Randomized Controlled Trials for Trustworthy Evidence-Based Policy and Practice.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2025Review
- Is there a place for psychedelics in sports practice?Acta neuropsychiatrica · 2025Review
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- Clinical conceptualisation of PTSD in psilocybin treatment: disrupting a pre-determined and over-determined maladaptive interpretive framework.Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Psilocybin is a serotonergic psychedelic shown to have enduring antidepressant effects. Currently, the mechanism for its enduring effects is not well understood. Empathy and prosocial behavior may be important for understanding the therapeutic benefit of psilocybin. In this article we review the effect of psilocybin on empathy and prosocial behavior. Moreover, we propose that psilocybin may induce a positive feedback loop involving empathy and prosocial behavior which helps explain the observed, enduring antidepressant effects.
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