Interviews

We spraken met psychiater Tijmen Bostoen, trauma-expert in Centrum ‘45, en één van de weinige psychiaters in Nederland die zich bezig houden met psychedelica.

Being one of the most powerful psychedelics we know, it is not strange that DMT has become the subject of numerous speculations over the years, linking this molecule to near-death experiences.

Even if psychedelics have long been regarded as tools to explore or expand one’s consciousness, they have only been picked up by consciousness researchers rather recently. We asked Enzo Tagliazucchi to give us his perspective on how psychedelics can be used in consciousness research.

Being one of the most powerful psychedelics we know, it is not strange that DMT has become the subject of numerous speculations over the years.

Matthew Johnson, associate director of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University, is one of the world’s leading researchers in psychedelic science.

When MAPS founder Rick Doblin was in Amsterdam for our event on MDMA research, he sat down with journalist Thijs Roes for a wide-ranging conversation.

Ido Hartogsohn has just published a new book called American Trip, in which he explores how the social conditions of the 1960s shaped the American psychedelic experience itself. 

Janis Phelps is the founder and director of the CIIS Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research, which conducts the first academically accredited, professional certificate training programme for psychedelic-assisted therapy and research.

Is MDMA a psychedelic or not? And what makes it so well suited for therapy? In this conversation between Rick Doblin, Torsten Passie and Joost Breeksema, the use of MDMA in a therapeutic setting is discussed in-depth.

Until now, MDMA has mostly been studied in the context of treating PTSD and helping with autism. Psychiatrist Ben Sessa is now conducting the world’s first clinical study using MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to treat alcohol addiction, [...]