Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy

Irish healthcare professionals advocating for patients, promoting awareness of latest psychedelic research, and connecting interested parties and policy makers

[Psychedelic Alpha @Psyched_Alpha]

BREAKING: European Union Grants €6.5M for Multi-Site Psilocybin Study in Palliative Patients

The 100-patient study - which includes those with COPD, atypical Parkinsonism, ALS and MS - is expected to commence in January 2025.

https://t.co/dJOlEgEVf3

[Robin Carhart-Harris @RCarhartHarris]

Big result here. Baseline expectancy for efficacy of psilocybin-therapy in depression was NOT predictive of actual response to psilocybin therapy. Conversely, expectancy for the SSRI DID predict response to the SSRI.

[MindForward @mndfrwrd2]

The European Medicines Agency (@EMA_News) is set to hold a workshop on medical #Psychedelics in April 2024 to establish regulatory guidelines for the development and therapeutic use of psychedelic substances in #Europe.

Find out more.👇

#Healthcare
https://t.co/5tuc7I0myt

[Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center @JHPsychedelics]

New CPCR study published! Results from the largest prospective survey of naturalistic psilocybin use show lasting improvements in mental health & well-being 🧵1/7
@sdpnayak @n_sepeda @d_mathai @FredBarrettPhD @juststrickland @Drug_Researcher @unlimited_sci https://t.co/OSrdbnqnFI

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

Free online course in psychedelic medicine from UC Berkeley!

[UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics @SciPsychedelics]

Whether in connection with mental health treatments, wellness, or research, psychedelics have become part of our public discourse

Explore the fundamentals of psychedelics & what they may teach us about the mind in our free online course - out now!

✍ https://t.co/0jfENbkaqp

[UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics @SciPsychedelics]

Whether in connection with mental health treatments, wellness, or research, psychedelics have become part of our public discourse

Explore the fundamentals of psychedelics & what they may teach us about the mind in our free online course - out now!

✍ https://t.co/0jfENbkaqp

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

@drdluke @BenSessa @TherapyMind @CrispinBlunt @ProfDavidNutt Have the RCP released an official statement of support for PAT?

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

Interesting conference being held in Trinity College Dublin at the moment!
https://t.co/pvFhjwEfv8

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

When will Ireland follow suit?
@DonnellyStephen https://t.co/vutVkk2UGb

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

Ketamine non-inferior to ECT as therapy for treatment-resistant major depression in large open-label randomised study (n=403) @NEJM. https://t.co/ijluHuRMlp
#ketamine #depression

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

@drugsdotie Will there be front of house drug testing at festivals this year to help people avoid potentially harmful doses of drugs? This model has proven very successful at Boom Festival in Portugal where most people binned pills that contained drugs they did not expect.

[Tommaso Barba @tommaso_barba]

“Psychedelic drugs are classified as more dangerous than opiates and cocaine, and this is not morally, medically or economically appropriate” Amazing speech from @CrispinBlunt on rescheduling #psilocybin at the #UKparliament.

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

The Royal College of Psychiatrists urge Parliament to allow access to psilocybin assisted therapy.
When will this be discussed in Irish parliament?
@DonnellyStephen
@IrishPsychiatry @HSELive
https://t.co/33Y28HfKTq

[Project Arts Centre @projectarts]

🌱 Plant an idea. Watch it grow. Announcing The Science of Psychedelics with Dr David Luke, presented by @SeedTalks

🗓️14 June 2023
⏰ 5pm-6:30pm
⏰ 8pm-9:30pm
🎟️➡️ https://t.co/xZYwjFLi6f

An in-depth examination of traditional + modern psychedelics with @drdluke

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

@LukeJelen @TheBorisLab subconscious material that could then be worked through in psychotherapy. Would be interesting to know which participants were in psychotherapy and which were not. This may explain the large ''placebo'' effect.

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

@LukeJelen @TheBorisLab There is anecdotal evidence of people finding surgery under general anesthesia to be an event that brought back old psychological trauma. In this study, participants were allowed concurrent psychotherapy. I wonder did the surgery allow them access to more...

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

@richardludlow @TheBorisLab @TheresaLii subconscious material that could then be worked through in psychotherapy. Did you record which participants were in psychotherapy and which were not? This may explain the large ''placebo'' effect.

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

@richardludlow @TheBorisLab @TheresaLii There is anecdotal evidence of people finding surgery under general anesthesia to be an event that brought back old psychological trauma. I note from your study that participants were allowed concurrent psychotherapy. I wonder did the surgery allow them access to more...

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

@TheBorisLab
Looking forward to the psilocybin trial!

[Irish Doctors for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy @IdPat7]

Very interesting study and thread!
Shows the importance of the therapy in which the psychedelic experience is embedded.

[Boris D Heifets @TheBorisLab]

SPIKED: Stanford Placebo vs Intraop Ketamine Evaluated for Depression. We masked ketamine with surgical anesthesia in depressed patients. Full details now published, peer review pending. Huge antidepressant response in both groups. @TheresaLii 1st auth

https://t.co/o9zdg0WY1Z