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How Psychedelics Change the Brain
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How Psychedelics Change the Brain

Psychedelics might interact with the brain by turning off the brain’s default mode network and affecting a thin sheet of gray matter called the claustrum. This could shake up communication between different regions of the brain. Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/3ENn7sR | #NOVAPBS Hallucinogenic drugs—popularly called psychedelics—have been used by human societies for thousands of years. Today, scientists are taking a second look at many of these mind-altering substances–both natural and synthetic–and discovering that they can have profoundly positive clinical impacts, helping patients struggling with a range of afflictions from addiction to depression and PTSD. #psychedelictherapy #psychedelicsbrain #mdmatherapy #lsddrug #psychedelicsdocumentary #brainstudy CREDITS: EDITED BY: Ryan Shepheard WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY Larkin McPhee --- NARRATED BY Mercer Boffey PRODUCTION MANAGER Janey Klebe CAMERA Ezra Wolfinger Samuel Russell Thomas Kaufman Vicente Franco SOUND RECORDISTS Ezra Wolfinger Mark Mandler Ivan Basauri Ray Day ANIMATION Brian Olson MUSIC APM Music Scorekeepers RESEARCH Joan Nolan ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Rachel Nyberg PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Mike Rose ONLINE EDITOR AND COLORIST Dave Bigelow AUDIO MIX Heartpunch Studio ARCHIVAL MATERIAL Alamy AP Archive Getty Images Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Pond5 Shutterstock The Royal Society EXPERT REVIEWERS Dr. David E. Nichols Dr. Natalie Gukasyan SPECIAL THANKS Jim Mandler Kennedy Krieger Institute --- NOVA SERIES GRAPHICS yU + co. NOVA THEME MUSIC Walter Werzowa John Luker Musikvergnuegen, Inc ADDITIONAL NOVA THEME MUSIC Ray Loring Rob Morsberger CAPTIONING AND AUDIO DESCRIPTION Media Access Group at GBH POST PRODUCTION ONLINE EDITOR Lindsey Rundell Denault --- SENIOR DIGITAL PRODUCER Emily Zendt DIGITAL MANAGING PRODUCER Kristine Allington DIGITAL PRODUCERS Alex Clark Ana Aceves DIGITAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Shyla Duff --- DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH Ralph Bouquet PROGRAM MANAGER, NOVA SCIENCE STUDIO Laura-Ashley Alegbeleye DIGITAL EDITOR, EDUCATION Kara Norton --- DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS Jennifer Welsh DIGITAL EDITORS Alissa Greenberg Hanna Ali Attabey Rodríguez Benítez SENIOR DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE RESEARCH Cory Allen NATIONAL PUBLICITY DKC Public Relations --- ASSOCIATE RESEARCHERS Christina Monnen Abe Musselman PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Linda Callahan ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Angelica Coleman --- BUSINESS MANAGER Elisabeth Frele PROJECT MANAGER, SCIENCE AND SOCIETY Maggie Stevenson BUSINESS ASSOCIATE Saron Admasu --- LEGAL AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS Susan Rosen RIGHTS MANAGER Hannah Gotwals CONTRACTS MANAGER Sarah Erlandson TALENT RELATIONS Suzy Carrington --- BROADCAST MANAGER Nathan Gunner SENIOR SUPERVISING PRODUCER Kevin Young SENIOR PROMOTIONS PRODUCER AND EDITOR Michael H. Amundson POST PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Jay Colamaria --- SENIOR SCIENCE EDITOR Evan Hadingham SCIENCE EDITOR Robin Kazmier SCIENCE AND EQUITY EDITOR Krystnell Storr --- BUSINESS DIRECTOR Elizabeth Benjes PROJECT DIRECTOR Pamela Rosenstein SENIOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER David Condon NOVA PRODUCER Caitlin Saks --- SENIOR DIRECTOR OF BRAND MARKETING AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Nadia Petschek Rawls DIRECTOR, BUSINESS OPERATIONS & FINANCE Laurie Cahalane --- EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Julia Cort Chris Schmidt --- A NOVA Production by Larkin McPhee Productions, LLC for GBH Boston. © 2022 WGBH Educational Foundation All rights reserved This program was produced by WGBH, which is solely responsible for its content. Some funders of NOVA also fund basic science research. Experts featured in this film may have received support from funders of this program. Original funding for this program was provided by Brilliant Worldwide, Inc., Consumer Cellular, the NOVA Science Trust and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This excerpt from a NOVA documentary is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate/
Michael Pollan - Psychedelics and How to Change Your Mind | Bioneers
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Michael Pollan - Psychedelics and How to Change Your Mind | Bioneers

Michael Pollan's new book "How To Change Your Mind" surveys the highly controversial terrain of the renaissance of both the science and popular usage of psychedelic substances. As one of our most brilliant and clear-eyed explorers of such topics as plant intelligence and how we feed ourselves, Michael will share his luminous insights from what began as investigative reportage and became a very personal interior journey into the mystery of consciousness and the nature of spirituality. Read an excerpt from Michael Pollan's book, How To Change Your Mind, at https://bioneers.org/how-to-change-your-mind-ze0z1805/ This keynote talk was delivered at the 2018 National Bioneers Conference. Introduction by Kenny Ausubel, Bioneers Co-Founder and CEO. Bio: Michael Pollan, a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine since 1987, Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and Director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism, is one of the nation's most influential writers and scientific and environmental investigative journalists. His many award-winning, best-selling books include: The Botany of Desire; The Omnivore's Dilemma; In Defense of Food; and, most recently, How to Change Your Mind. *** Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. To find more talks like this one, along with engaging articles, interviews, podcasts and ways to take action, visit www.bioneers.org. Subscribe to the Bioneers Radio Series, available on iTunes and other podcast providers and on your local radio station. Support Bioneers today: www.bioneers.org/donate Please join our mailing list (http://www.bioneers.org/subscribe) Stay in touch via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Bioneers.org) Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bioneers) Follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/bioneers/)
Terence McKenna's True Hallucinations (Full Movie) HD
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Terence McKenna's True Hallucinations (Full Movie) HD

Terence McKenna's True Hallucinations is an experimental documentary about the chaos at La Chorrera, the imagination, time, the Logos, belief, hope, madness, and doubt. Created by Peter Bergmann, this project is an expansion of ideas first presented in "The Transcendental Object At The End Of Time". In 1971, Terence McKenna, along with his brother Dennis and three other companions, ventured by plane, boat, and foot to the paradisical Colombian mission town of La Chorrera, where they hoped to encounter the elusive psychedelic oo-koo-hé. Fate would have it otherwise. Their attention soon turned to the large numbers of Stropharia Cubensis that they lucked upon, and before long, Terence and especially Dennis were formulating the psychopharmacological "experiment at La Chorrera" which would eventually give rise to Terence's expanded Jungian notion of the UFO as human oversoul, and his I Ching based TimeWave Theory which holds, among other things, that history as we know it is accelerating and, in fact, will come to a major concrescence. Based on the underground classic book and talking book 'True Hallucinations: Being an Account of the Author's Extraordinary Adventures in the Devil's Paradise', this tale of alchemical understanding is a deep dive into the young minds of the McKenna brothers, and an effort to provide some kind of visual aid and emotional center to a much larger story, with details scattered through hundreds of talks. Featuring unearthed photos and notebook pages which have never been seen by the public since generated in 1971. Special Thanks to Dennis McKenna, Klea McKenna, Kathleen Harrison and Stephanie Schmitz, since their contributions of documents, and approval were crucial in making this film a reality. I've spent a lot of effort, time, and money on these projects, please consider supporting the movies: Through iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/artist/we-plants-are-happy-plants/id354075906 (purchase any song or album) On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5BqIQsFQz40YNkLMb8578S Thank You! Stream the soundtrack for the movie on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/wpahp/playlist/1Lf75ZTHx9bHFHn2RKguzp VISUALS BY Hakan Hisim, Titan, hArDyTRSi, XX, Epoch, Cabbibo, Nuance, Kyklop, SQNY, Calcifer, cocoon, quite, Coronoid, Traction, Ovnimoon, TAS, PharaOM, Luke Brown, Myztico Campo, Schizo (to be updated soon) Please like/comment/share/subscribe Thanks for watching! Peter Bergmann / We Plants Are Happy Plants Terence McKenna's True Hallucinations Opening Titles 10:09 The Experiment at La Chorrera 30:52 5DGISD 1:00:20 The Stone 1:06:33 The TimeWave 1:09:26 Lisbon Interlude 1:38:30 The Iridule 1:47:48 The Mushroom Speaks 1:56:38 Terence and The Howling Tao 2:11:50 UFOs 2:19:55 No Conclusions 2:30:20 Keep The Faith 2:38:14 Butterflies 2:44:40 Terence McKenna on Facebook: https://facebook.com/LanguageEvolution
Psilocybin, Addiction, and End of Life - Stephen Ross
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Psilocybin, Addiction, and End of Life - Stephen Ross

https://2013.psychedelicscience.org https://www.maps.org Psilocybin, Addiction, and End of Life Steve Ross, MD Abstract: Since 2008, the NYU Psychedelic Research Group (established in 2006) has administered a moderate dose of psilocybin to 16 participants in a double-blind placebo-controlled trial of the efficacy of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy in individuals with advanced cancer and psychosocial distress. We hypothesize that psilocybin administration in combination with existentially oriented psychotherapy can diminish psychological and spiritual distress in individuals with advanced cancer. Dr. Ross will present preliminary clinical observations and data from our study, in which a majority of patients have experienced acute and sustained reductions in death anxiety, existential distress, and depression; as well as increases in spiritual states and practices, and improved family system functioning. Recent groundbreaking research at Johns Hopkins has also demonstrated that psilocybin can occasion acute and enduring changes in the personality domain of openness. These findings have prompted several groups to explore using psilocybin-assisted psychotherapies to treat addictive disorders, which will also be discussed. Stephen Ross, M.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine and Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine at the NYU College of Dentistry. He directs the Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and the Opioid Overdose Prevention Program at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City. He is Director of Addiction Psychiatry at NYU Tisch Hospital and Director of the NYU Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship. He is certified in General and Addiction Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and in Addiction Medicine by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Dr. Ross has received a dozen local and national teaching awards related to education of medical students, psychiatry residents, and post-graduate fellows. Dr. Ross is an expert on the therapeutic application of serotonergic hallucinogens to treat psychiatric and addictive spectrum illnesses. He directs the NYU Psychedelic Research Group and is Principal Investigator of the NYU Psilocybin Cancer Project. Dr. Ross receives his research funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Heffter Research Institute. More videos available at https://2013.psychedelicscience.org At Psychedelic Science 2013, over 100 of the world's leading researchers and more than 1,900 international attendees gathered to share recent findings on the benefits and risks of LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, ayahuasca, ibogaine, 2C-B, ketamine, DMT, marijuana, and more, over three days of conference presentations, and two days of pre- and post-conference workshops.
How Psilocybin Mushrooms Can Help Save the World with Paul Stamets | SXSW 2023
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How Psilocybin Mushrooms Can Help Save the World with Paul Stamets | SXSW 2023

Join Mycologist Paul Stamets, co-founder of MycoMedical Life Sciences, as he speaks of their historical use of psilocybin mushrooms and explores the potential for neurological health based, in part, on recent results on molecular modes of action his team has discovered. The recent upsurge in interest in psilocybin mushrooms by the scientific community is attributable to their long use in history, their widespread use today, and the increasing number of clinical studies validating psilocybin as a breakthrough medicine. What is not yet well elucidated is the efficacy of microdosing and the mechanisms of action for neurogenesis and neurogeneration. Paul published his first book on psilocybin mushrooms 45 years ago, and five since. He leads a team who are uniquely positioned to develop new compositions and methods for helping human health with these powerful, ancient medicines. Clinical trials are being planned to test his theories, based, in part, on the 3 composition patents recently awarded to Paul on his psilocybin discoveries. About SXSW: SXSW dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, SXSW is best known for its conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries. An essential destination for global professionals, this year’s online event features sessions, showcases, screenings, exhibitions, professional development and a variety of networking opportunities. For more information, please visit sxsw.com. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/sxsw?sub_... Connect with SXSW: Website: https://www.sxsw.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SXSWFestival/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sxsw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sxsw/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/sxsw
How Psilocybin helped me give up alcohol | Psychologist’s personal journey with magic mushroom
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How Psilocybin helped me give up alcohol | Psychologist’s personal journey with magic mushroom

Join Dr. Becky Spelman in this enlightening video as she shares her personal and professional insights on how psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, has influenced her relationship with alcohol. Personal Experience: Dr. Spelman opens up about her journey, discussing the challenges and revelations she faced in her relationship with alcohol. Scientific Perspective: Delve into the science behind psilocybin. How does this psychedelic compound affect the brain? What are its potential benefits and risks? Therapeutic Potential: Explore the growing research on psilocybin as a therapeutic tool. How can it be used responsibly in the context of mental health and addiction therapy? Safety and Ethics: A crucial discussion on the safe use of psychedelics, the importance of set and setting, and ethical considerations in psychedelic therapy. Important Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational and informational purposes only. Psilocybin is a controlled substance in many regions, and its use should be approached with caution and awareness of legal implications. #magicmushroom #psychedelictherapy #alcoholaddiction #psilocybin Dr. Becky Spelman is a top Psychologist in London, Becky is the Clinic Director for Private Therapy Clinic which has clinic's based all around central London including; Harley Street, Wigmore Street, Bank, Earls Court & Canary Wharf. Becky uses Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness to treat a range of difficulties with a particular interest in Borderline Personality Disorder and the difficulties that go with this condition such as relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, low-self esteem, social anxiety, fear of public speaking, fear of intimacy, interpersonal difficulties, anger, body image issues, eating disorders and addictions. Subscribe to the channel: https://bit.ly/2N7kVT8 For further help with this topic you can contact us here: info@theprivatetherapyclinic.co.uk/ BUSINESS INQUIRIES becky@privatetherapyclinic.com WEBSITE: https://theprivatetherapyclinic.co.uk/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyspelman/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/drbeckyspelman FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/BeckySpelman/ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaspelman/ SENDING BECKY STUFF Dr Becky Spelman c/o Private Therapy Clinic 3rd floor 63 Wigmore st. London W1U1BU
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