Biography/Memoir

Two lovers, two doses of MDMA

With MDMA you may go into all the nice places in the world, have a good feeling and think everything is good, and you have solved the problem, which is not true, because the solution of the problem has to be implemented later on. Have you heard MDMA being called the love drug? Yeah, but…

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Psychology

1 billion views! Why we should be concerned about PR campaign for 2 RCTs of psilocybin for cancer patients

“Why not extend to primary care physicians the option of prescribing psilocybin to their patients? What would be accomplished is that the purity could be assured. But why should psilocybin use being limited to mental health conditions…? Should we exclude patients who are atheists and only want a satisfying experience, not a spiritual one?” Experience…

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Psychology

The future of psychiatric treatment is knocking

“For the first time in many years, people who were at the end of the road with currently available treatments, reported decreased anxiety, increased optimism and an ability to enjoy things. This is an unparalleled success.” Depression blights the lives of over 350 million people worldwide. In Europe, 1 in 15 people suffer from major…

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Psychology

Hallucinogens: future of mental health treatment?

“Most powerful substances that we know of, that have powerful effects on the central nervous system, are like any powerful tool,” says Johnson, who has studied how psilocybin affects depression. “They can have dangerous effects, or beneficial effects, if judiciously used in a context where the dangers are known and mechanisms are in place to…

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