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First Network Meeting for European MDMA Researchers & Therapists

22 December 2017|Comments Off on First Network Meeting for European MDMA Researchers & Therapists

Last week, the first network meeting for European MDMA researchers and therapists was held in scenic Castle Endegeest, near the city of Leiden in the Netherlands. Organised by OPEN and Dutch MDMA-therapists [...]

[Interview] Alicia Danforth: Helping autistic adults navigate the social world with MDMA-assisted therapy

2 November 2017|Comments Off on [Interview] Alicia Danforth: Helping autistic adults navigate the social world with MDMA-assisted therapy

Research with autistic children and teens was a promising and controversial research area during the first wave of research with psychedelic substances. The first investigator to [...]

European Psilocybin Seminar at Tyringham Hall

15 July 2017|Comments Off on European Psilocybin Seminar at Tyringham Hall

In June 2017, a two-day seminar on psilocybin for European therapists and researchers took place at Tyringham Hall, in the UK, organised by OPEN and UK mental health company [...]

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Natural speech algorithm applied to baseline interview data can predict which patients will respond to psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression

Four weekly ayahuasca sessions lead to increases in “acceptance” capacities: a comparison study with a standard 8-week mindfulness training program

Role of the 5-HT2A receptor in self- and other-initiated social interaction in LSD-induced states – a pharmacological fMRI study

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PSYCHEDELICS RESEARCH IN THE MEDIA

[The New York Times, 3 Nov 2017] – The promise of ecstasy for PTSD

[The Guardian, 13 Oct 2017] – Magic mushrooms ‘reboot’ brain in depressed people

[Newsweek, 10 Oct 2017] – Psychedelic drugs could make people less violent, study shows