Ask HN: What is the state of brain imaging to help depression?

2 points by adithyak 4 years ago | 1 comment

Context: I'm someone who's struggled with depression myself, and have seen many others go through the same. I'm better now, and I want to help. Lot of the research I found talk about brain imaging to find the parts of the brain currently activated (under some stressors), and propose solutions.

I'm curious about: 1. the current state of brain imaging technology to accurately identify solutions to help a depressed person 2. what are the blockers to allowing individuals to analyze their own brain state with at-home technologies?

Thank you.

incomingpain 4 years ago |

The brain imagining stuff doesn't look all that impressive.

The thing that seems to keep popping up by high quality sources is magic mushrooms curing depression.

In the now post-cannabis legalization world there's going to be political push for medical other drugs. So I take this psilocybin stuff with a grain of salt. Yet it's hard to discount these quality sources and surprisingly results.

I've never done 'shrooms' so I can't speak to any personal experience but it does get me curious.