Houman Farzin, a family physician within the Department of Family Medicine, has published a French article on a patient鈥檚 mystical experience with psilocybin, a translation of a previous article published in The International Journal of Whole Person Care.
Psilocybin is the active ingredient in fungal species within the genus Psilocybe, which are popularly known as magic mushrooms. They grow all around the world and their ceremonial use by the indigenous has been documented for hundreds, if not thousands of years. There has been increasing interest in the use of these substances in Western medicine. Some of the earliest research studies on psychedelic therapies were focused on existential distress in cancer patients.
To read the French article 鈥淪oigner au seuil de la mort : l鈥檈xp茅rience mystique d鈥檜n patient avec la th茅rapie assist茅e par la psilocybine鈥�, please visit:
To read the English article 鈥淗ealing at death鈥檚 door: one patient鈥檚 mystical experience with psilocybin鈥�, please visit:
About Houman Farzin
Houman Farzin, MD, is a family physician focusing on the applied sciences of psychedelic-assisted therapies, nutrition, and lifestyle modification for trauma, existential distress, and overall well-being. He is an attending physician in the Division of Palliative Care of the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. He is a lecturer at 平特五不中 Medical School, where he earned his medical degree and completed his residency training in Family Medicine. His involvement with 平特五不中 Programs in Whole Person Care includes teaching resilience and Mindful Medical Practice to medical students.
