psychedelic candor @PsycheCandor
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The public needs to know more about the organization pushing MDMA therapy and the host of issues and allegations around their research. It is important for the historical record even in the event of approval so that future patients are aware.
The public needs to know more about the organization pushing MDMA therapy and the host of issues and allegations around their research. It is important for the historical record even in the event of approval so that future patients are aware. https://t.co/Sywxtq31Q0
Informed by new evidence of systematic data fraud at MAPS PBC, we wrote a petition calling for the FDA to schedule an open advisory committee meeting on Lykos’ application for MDMA-assisted therapy that prioritizes contributions from all stakeholders: /1 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
'feelings around psychedelics lead the community to engage with them more like a religious movement than like pharmaceutical products, that these feelings were common in those participating in the MAPP trials, and that these feelings were sometimes inculcated in patients'
“Dr. Griffiths has run his psychedelic studies more like a ‘new-age’ retreat center, for lack of a better term, than a clinical research laboratory,” reads an ethics complaint filed to Johns Hopkins last fall by Matthew Johnson We need unbiased research nytimes.com/2024/03/21/hea…
“Net zero trauma” while: Suggesting MDMA to fuel armies and make them feel less bad about murdering innocent ppl Sponsoring experimental MDMA trials with victims of war/violence (while it’s still ongoing) Supporting therapists who have nonconsensual relationships with pts
"Westminster police in Colorado are warning the public after arresting and charging a man who offered counseling as an alternative therapist and psychedelic integration specialist with sexual assault, adding that there may be additional victims." hngn.com/articles/25864…
MAPS founder Rick Doblin has once again shifted the goalpost of his pitch to the military, suggesting that new recruits dosed upon enlistment may be “less reactive” and “more able to handle whatever circumstances come their way.” truthdig.com/articles/build… @Truthdig
This story by @bborrell deserves kudos for being among the most critical @nytimes has run on the psychedelic movement. It's the tip of the iceberg of issues that I raised in "The Religious Science of Johns Hopkins" for @PsycheCandor, linked by the piece. Here's some of them:🧵
This story by @bborrell deserves kudos for being among the most critical @nytimes has run on the psychedelic movement. It's the tip of the iceberg of issues that I raised in "The Religious Science of Johns Hopkins" for @PsycheCandor, linked by the piece. Here's some of them:🧵
Thomas Merton in a letter to Raymond Prince, 1965: "Now the problem arises: in half-baked spirituality and partial religious experience there is a tendency to substitute precisely a narcissistic unity for this transcendence. That is to say the 'oceanic feeling' which is, I think,…
Thomas Merton in a letter to Raymond Prince, 1965: "Now the problem arises: in half-baked spirituality and partial religious experience there is a tendency to substitute precisely a narcissistic unity for this transcendence. That is to say the 'oceanic feeling' which is, I think,…
Worth revisiting given recent awful news re Ben Sessa… #maps assumes the therapist can differentiate between their needs and those of the patient, but we see again & again failures of self awareness & discernment in these cases. @Kgreenstien has written about this as well.
Worth revisiting given recent awful news re Ben Sessa… #maps assumes the therapist can differentiate between their needs and those of the patient, but we see again & again failures of self awareness & discernment in these cases. @Kgreenstien has written about this as well.
I wrote about this question in October 2022
I wrote about this question in October 2022 https://t.co/3G4wv9yXzg
Completely unforgivable. His self-appraisal that this was “a tragic blip in an otherwise excellent career” is really troubling. This kind of betrayal of the most basic trust in a doctor should cast doubt on every aspect of his work.
Completely unforgivable. His self-appraisal that this was “a tragic blip in an otherwise excellent career” is really troubling. This kind of betrayal of the most basic trust in a doctor should cast doubt on every aspect of his work.
Recklessly irresponsible headlines abound these days but this one might really take the cake
Science integrity sleuths welcome legal aid fund for whistleblowers A Silicon Valley investor has pledged $1 million to help pay the legal costs of scientists being sued for flagging fraudulent research @HollyElse writes @ScienceInsider science.org/content/articl…
Who knows. Anyway here's what Sessa was posting less than a year after the woman passed
Who knows. Anyway here's what Sessa was posting less than a year after the woman passed https://t.co/nvijqpkoyO
If you, as a psychiatrist, take advantage of a patient and disregard their mental health for your own personal desires at all, ever… You should not be trusted to provide care again, to anyone. Period. That is abuse of power. You should not be able to practice again. Period.
the narrative about what psychedelics are, what they do, and how they mesh with spirituality thats developed in our culture is not accurate. its become a folk religion. its universal in the psychedelics "scene", and most people lack the information needed to critically assess it
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I lost a decade to addiction and incarceration. I have 3 felonies. It took me 15 years from my first college credit to my last to get a Bachelors. I was accepted into Yale, Harvard, Columbia and more. I rejected them and am instead doing a PhD at UCSD/SDSU. How things change.
@EricJohnJacobss @alieninsect Same here. I did big doses of weed in the past that produced some revelatory experiences, as well as one big dose of mushrooms that totally blew my mind and changed my life, but not necessarily only for the better. My life also kind of fell apart after that. I had what seemed…
@enantiodromiaz @alieninsect This something I also have struggled with. The promise is incredible and so enticing. I’ve had some profound insights that have stuck with me, but they weren’t coupled with any actionable system besides simple moralism or potential woo
@enantiodromiaz @alieninsect Hunter S. Thompson nailed it, and I think about this quote frequently, especially in relation to my own experiences with psychedelics:
@alieninsect And what have these tribes gained from their centuries of communication with these “beings of immense intelligence?” Terrence McKenna did more psychedelics than maybe any human ever, definitely any western human. And what did he gain from it? What did we gain from it? Did he…
I signed this. Not because I am against these compounds, quite the contrary. I am concerned about evidentiary standards and proper reporting. We shouldn’t soft shoe this into being because of our curiosity in thrall of charismatic leaders
Consider signing this petition demanding the FDA post a public advisory committee meeting for the Lykos MDMA-AT app. The public should get to voice concerns with adequate time to prepare. Make sure the FDA does not protect industry interest (again). docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Did @MAPS copy & paste inclusion criteria from the Israel-based Phase 2 MDMA trial protocols... Into their inclusion criteria for their Vancouver-based Phase 2 protocols? 🤔 MP4 protocol clearly states that Canadian subjects must be "proficient in speaking & reading Hebrew" 👀
Regarding his time conducting MDMA-assisted psychotherapy sessions, Michael Mithoefer said: "[Patients] told us they consider us their (you know) they were reborn [unintelligible] and we're their new parents. Sometimes it's very explicit.” 🤨 Link 👇 youtu.be/uVmy08IDjQA?si…
@EikoFried @IoanaA_Cristea & @NaudetFlorian actually got a paper's title changed (not quite enough, but changed) with a letter to the editor. Worth a read. Even as I do this work I share their concerns about our endeavors to study psychedelic drugs. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…
The more I read, the more I get worried about psychedelic assisted psychotherapy breaking all the rules of running trials. " Potential participants can include current and past patients of the researchers" Current patients? For a trial you are running? Where is the equipoise?
Did you know Richard Yensen and Donna Dryer (as early as 2016) started a (180-hour) "training programme" for therapists interested in becoming psychedelic therapists? Leaving notes from their 2016 presentation at Psychedelic Psychotherapy Forum if anyone wants to investigate.
Consider signing this petition demanding the FDA post a public advisory committee meeting for the Lykos MDMA-AT app. The public should get to voice concerns with adequate time to prepare. Make sure the FDA does not protect industry interest (again). docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
The public needs to know more about the organization pushing MDMA therapy and the host of issues and allegations around their research. It is important for the historical record even in the event of approval so that future patients are aware.
Informed by new evidence of systematic data fraud at MAPS PBC, we wrote a petition calling for the FDA to schedule an open advisory committee meeting on Lykos’ application for MDMA-assisted therapy that prioritizes contributions from all stakeholders: /1 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Deeply wary of the use of the term “root causes” - easily and widely exploited by alternative medicine pushers to discredit reasonable conventional, validated treatments. Pity it has landed in psychedelicland
Dr. Carhart-Harris is doing excellent work in this area, but respectfully, these types of claims about "root causes" have been made throughout the history of #psychiatry when a novel treatment is introduced. In my view, there are likely only two treatments in psychiatry that...
Please take a moment to sign this petition. Please, it takes just a moment. According to the petition below, an MDMA trial participant tried to end their life during a treatment session but Rick Doblin allegedly “instructed the investigators not to report the incident”.
Informed by new evidence of systematic data fraud at MAPS PBC, we wrote a petition calling for the FDA to schedule an open advisory committee meeting on Lykos’ application for MDMA-assisted therapy that prioritizes contributions from all stakeholders: /1 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Informed by new evidence of systematic data fraud at MAPS PBC, we wrote a petition calling for the FDA to schedule an open advisory committee meeting on Lykos’ application for MDMA-assisted therapy that prioritizes contributions from all stakeholders: /1 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Report from ICER on MAPS' MDMA therapy. 'we have substantial concerns about validity of results...unblinded...very strong prior beliefs of those involved in the trials...therapists encouraged favorable reports by patients and discouraged negative reports' icer.org/wp-content/upl…
'feelings around psychedelics lead the community to engage with them more like a religious movement than like pharmaceutical products, that these feelings were common in those participating in the MAPP trials, and that these feelings were sometimes inculcated in patients'
@drpaolandmd The fact that these sorta questions are taken seriously is an indicator of the level of discourse on psychedelics within or outside of therapeutic settings.
Would people believe me if I said that I possess footage of an interview of a MAPS adherence monitor (Dr. Ryan Stevenson) claiming that psychedelics can potentially “end war and trauma” all together? “[MAPS has] a pretty broad goal”, said Dr. Stevenson on “3 of Life Podcast”.
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