Psilocybin, Social Anxiety & Social Connection
Explore mushroom research and guides on psilocybin, social anxiety & social connection.
Psilocybin and Autism Social Anxiety: What Research Shows
Research on psilocybin for autism social anxiety is nascent but active. A 2025 scoping review, 233-person survey, and the PSILAUT trial reveal what we know.
Psilocybin for Social Anxiety: What the Research Shows
Psilocybin targets the neural circuits driving social anxiety differently than SSRIs do. We cover the mechanism research and what's still unknown.
Psilocybin and Social Connection: What the Research Shows
Jungwirth 2025 found psilocybin increased emotional empathy in MDD patients but left cognitive empathy unchanged. Here is what that specific distinction means.
MAPS, Psilocybin, and Autism Social Anxiety: The Facts
MAPS sponsored the 2018 autism social anxiety study, but it used MDMA, not psilocybin. Here's what the evidence shows and where psilocybin research stands.
Psychedelics and Social Anxiety Disorder: What the Research Shows
Which psychedelics have evidence for social anxiety? We cover MDMA's controlled trial, psilocybin's mechanism research, and the honest state of the field.