34. Psilocybin vs Antidepressants with Dr Robin Carhart-Harris


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Apr 14 2021 45 mins   220

Robin Heads the Psychedelic Research Group within the Centre for Psychiatry at Imperial College London, where he has designed several functional brain imaging studies with psilocybin, LSD, MDMA and DMT, plus a clinical trial of psilocybin for treatment resistant depression. He has over 50 published papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals; two of which were ranked in the top 100 most impactful academic articles of 2016. Robin’s research has featured in major national and international media and he has given a popular TEDx talk.


Does MDMA impact sleep?

What does the brain look like under the influence of LSD?

How do psychedelics change the quality of brain activity?

Can psilocybin be used to treat depression?


Psilocybin vs Escitalopram for Major Depressive Disorder

Stanislav Grof LSD Psychotherapy

Robin’s first paper – Waves of the Unconscious

Amanda Feilding

Robin’s PhD

Drugs live – Channel 4

Psilocybin

LSD

MDMA

DMT

Psychedelic resting states

The entropic brain

Homological scaffolds of brain functional networks

The Stoned Ape theory

DMT Neural Correlates of the DMT experience

Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Serotonin and brain function: a tale of two receptors

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