At a recent psychedelic conference, there were tensions surrounding the roles of science, spirituality, and commercialisation in the psychedelics field.
Read morePsychedelics and Personality Disorders
Trip Killers
Using ‘trip killers’ to cut short bad drug trips is potentially dangerous.
As interest in psychedelics has grown, so has interest in ways to end a bad trip.
Recent research reveals that people are giving potentially dangerous advice on social media on how to stop a trip that is less than pleasurable.
Read morePsychedelics and Buddhism
Is Awe the Key to Psychedelics?
Psychedelic Research
Psilocybin and the Brain
Research results, which appear in the journal Nature, suggest that psychedelic drugs work by disrupting certain brain networks, especially one that helps people form a sense of space, time and self.
Read moreHallucinogenics in Ancient Rituals
Psychedelics and Psychiatry
The controversies have related to social, political, and legal challenges.
Read morePsychedelics for Addiction, Depression and Anorexia
The Potential for Psychedelics as Medicine
This article from the APA looks at the potential of MDMA, ketamine, and psilocybin to help people with treatment-resistant mental health conditions.
Read more