Magic mushrooms may not be the answer to postpartum depression , new research from the University of California, Davis suggests.

In a first-of-its-kind study appearing in Nature Communications, an interdisciplinary team from the university’s Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics (IPN) dosed mouse mothers with psilocybin and found that the drug amplified anxiety and depressive-like symptoms associated with perinatal mood disorders — mental health conditions that can arise during or after pregnancy.

While psilocybin and its ability to promote neuronal growth have been previously shown to benefit those with mental health conditions, the new research indicates that it’s not a one-size-fits-all therapy.

“The IPN has done a lot of work demonstrating that a single dose of

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