34. Psilocybin vs Antidepressants with Dr Robin Carhart-Harris
Psilocybin is being heralded as a major breakthrough in the fight against depression, but how does it compare to the most effective treatment that doctors prescribe for depression? Find out, on the Drug Science Podcast with Dr Robin Carhart-Harris.
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Show Notes
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
Homological scaffolds of brain functional networks
DMT Neural Correlates of the DMT experience
Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Serotonin and brain function: a tale of two receptors