🍄 Psychedelics

The Trump administration moves to treat millions of mentally ill veterans with psychedelics

Compass Pathways CEO: Psychedelics company will ‘go slow before we go fast’

The CEO of Compass Pathways discussed the company's cautious approach to offering psychedelic therapy.

New human data hints at psychedelics' potential to combat inflammation

New human data suggests that psychedelics like psilocybin may have the potential to reduce inflammation.

# Understanding Psychedelic Integration and Research in Australia

The article details the evolving clinical landscape surrounding psychedelic integration and research in Australia.

Trump signs executive order accelerating research into psychedelic drug therapies - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Trump signs executive order accelerating research into psychedelic drug therapies ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos.

It is not pessimistic to say that my mental issues are beyond being helped by therapy.

I tried therapy. I tried to get help to feel better. None of it actually benefitted me. I have been in constant anhedonic depression/misery/melancholy, whatever you wanna call this feeling. I have...

A Fast-Acting Psychedelic Spray Eased Stubborn Depression in a New Trial

A short-acting psychedelic delivered as a nasal spray helped some patients with stubborn depression in a new trial.

After a long, strange trip, this CEO is close to taking a psilocybin pill to market

Compass Pathways CEO Kabir Nath is close to bringing a psilocybin pill to market.

Psilocybin Clinical Trials Australia

This article provides a guide to the psilocybin clinical trials taking place in Australia, focusing on the research being conducted.

Setting may shape psilocybin’s effects on the brain. Participants who took psilocybin in a calm room with music, rather than inside an MRI scanner, reported more intense mystical-type experiences and showed larger changes in the marker.

Research finds the setting of psilocybin sessions, such as a calm room with music versus an MRI scanner, influences the intensity of mystical experiences and brain changes.

I Trip in Silence. Science Keeps Trying to Prove Me Wrong.

An essay describes what happens in the brain when music is added to psychedelic experiences and how to choose soundtracks.

Rare to find people who are barely affected by lack of third spaces

In the past few years, there has been a push for public third spaces, such as parks and libraries, because research has found that it has been associated with better mental health and community...

What are some of the greatest issues of peptide biotechnology nowadays?

With great potential for application in drug therapy, diagnosis, and target-specific treatment, peptides become increasingly relevant for biotechnology. I personally find it very exciting that...

My therapist suggested EDMR…

Hi! My therapist suggests I try edmr. I have been in talk therapy multiple times in my life. I have anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder. I am trying to decide if I should take this on...

Is anyone an Occupational Therapist?

Hi everyone :) I’m in my 30s (F) and strongly considering to go back to study to do OT (masters in Limerick) in a few years. I already have a qualification in music therapy but I quickly and very...

Suicide Awareness and Prevention Resources

Suicide is a public health issue, not an individual failure. * Suicide doesn’t end the pain. It passes it on to others. * Mental health disorders are as common as brown eyes. The DSM notes that...

What to expect. First session with trauma therapist

I have sexual trauma left unresolved for over a decade. Thought I was fine and in many ways I am but realized it's affecting me still. Finally mustered uongue courage to seek therapy but I'm...

Can I request an antidepressant that doesn’t cause sexual dysfunction?

I’m with CMHT and have been for about 6 months, I only see a mental health nurse who then goes to speak to other clinicians for further information. I spoke to her about medication, and how I had...

i don’t want to, but it seems like the only way as of recent

i recently went to therapy (i had gone to counselling sessions before during uni and was going to be put into therapy but left before they could) and i want to say it went pretty good, but it’s...

5-MeO-DMT sometimes cancels the Ebbinghaus illusion

A psychotechnology post reports that 5-MeO-DMT sometimes cancels the Ebbinghaus illusion.

Dating in 40’s dilemmas

Hi All. Im a 46M divorced, single with 2 teenage children. I have established businesses, my own home, physically fit (train jujitsu, gym 4-5x a week) and mentally/emotionally stable (continuously...

Serotonin and addiction

A short piece discussing serotonin and its connection to addiction.

What Did a Man Who Can’t Visualize See on Ayahuasca?

A account of a man with aphantasia describing what he saw while taking ayahuasca.