Research

Researchers at Imperial College, London have started an online observational study into the acute and long-term psychological effects of psychedelics. OPEN is a sponsor of this study. The researchers aim to recruit individuals who are [...]

Researchers at the University of Maastricht are studying people's motivations for taking psychedelic drugs. They are looking for participants who want to share their experiences. You can find the survey here. Below is a description [...]

Once again researchers from the Psychedelic Research Programme jointly set up by the Beckley Foundation and Imperial College London have published trailblazing research on the effects of psychedelics on the brain. These trendsetting studies are [...]

In a recent article, Tupper et al. (2015)[1] investigate the new and re-emerging therapeutic paradigm involving psychedelic substances for treating mental health conditions. Recent studies with patient populations are reviewed and thoughts on how the [...]

Aside from its hallucinogenic properties, LSD is known to have noticeable effects on emotion. This is one of the reasons why psychedelics were used in psychotherapy in the 1950s and 60s, hypothesizing that they facilitate [...]

In the 1950’s, research on the psychoactive properties of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) led scientists to the serotonin hypothesis of schizophrenia, a theory still used to explain the neurochemical roots of schizophrenia. Today, Höflich […]

At the end of last month we published the first part of a special issue on the beneficial effects of psychedelics in the treatment of addiction of the scientific journal CDAR. Now, the second part [...]

The OPEN Foundation is proud to announce that we compiled two special issues of the journal CDAR (Current Drug Abuse Reviews). The title of the Special Issues is ‘Beneficial Effects of Psychedelics with a Special [...]

In a population-based survey study that was published earlier this month, an association was found between the use of classic psychedelics and reduced psychological distress and suicidality [1]. The researchers included the data of 191.382 [...]

Earlier, we reported on the first study with LSD in human subjects in more than forty years, conducted in Switzerland by Peter Gasser and his team. A follow-up of this study [1], based on qualitative [...]