Anyone for a Magic Mushroom Medicine? By Tania de Jong AM and Scott Leckie
How free are we if we don't have access to psychedelic medicines that could heal us?
Peter’s Story: Finding Acceptance, Being Generous And Healing Grief Through Psychedelic Medicines by Peter Hunt AM
As a young person, I never thought that I would be an Australian. I lived in a country town in England and my family seemed secure and loving (even though relationships between my mother and my father were sometimes strained).
The Enormous “Elephant in the Room” in the Government’s Mental Health Funding by Tania de Jong AM and Peter Hunt AM
Mind Medicine Australia (MMA) welcomes the Government’s commitment to mental health and its drive to improve the mental health of Australians and reduce suicide rates. The increased funding for the sector announced in the Budget is an especially important part of this.
It’s Time To Give Our Military The Medicine They Need by Scott Leckie and Tania de Jong AM
Following the America decision to bring their troops home from Afghanistan after some 20 years in that troublesome country, Australia will also soon do the same.
Where Psychedelics and Intimacy Meet by Ella Shannon Morter
The Psychedelic experience is inherently intimate. These medicines are not passive, rather they demand that we pay intimate attention to our inner world, confront it and allow ourselves to be transformed.
A Mother’s Prayer To The TGA by Annie Mason
I am writing this as a mother, in the hope that my words may open the closed minds of our politicians, the TGA and the RANZCP, who we rely upon to ensure every Australian has access to the latest medical therapies.
My Awakening… by Simone Dowding
"I was confronted with all my grief and trauma and challenged to find my power within it. I felt the shaman and medicine, training me to be strong, resilient and face all my fears. I’d had an initiation that was sacred and profound..."
Healing A Troubled Mind: A Personal Perspective On Victoria’s Stagnant Mental Health System by Dr Eli Kotler
The Royal Commission’s report on the Victorian mental health system sent shockwaves throughout the State, one of which landed squarely on a patient of mine. They noted that Victoria’s mental health system is “not geared for…change”.
When You Trip Upon A Star By Charlotte McAdam
Unraveling the inspiration behind various acclaimed Disney films. Can psychedelics be used to address childhood trauma and better understand imagination?
A Magic Medicine Journey By Tania de Jong AM
Firstly, the medicine completely shot us into space and, at the same time, through the Earth, rivers and oceans. What initially overwhelmed me was this incredible sense of oneness.It was as if all boundaries dissolved and I was left with the sheer magnificence of our planet.
Mind Medicine Australia Celebrates 2-Year Anniversary by Tania de Jong AM and Peter Hunt AM
This week Mind Medicine Australia turns two years old! In our two years, we have made remarkable progress in growing public awareness of Psychedelic-Assisted therapies in Australia.
Psychedelic Healing Stories: Michael Raymond
In late 2018, I was medically retired after battling with mental and physical illness, including, Major Depression, Anxiety Disorders and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Psychedelic Hedonism — The Ethics Of Psychedelic Therapy By Riccardo Miceli Mcmillan
Despite the growing body of empirical work regarding the efficacy of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, the socio-cultural history of these compounds along with their unique psychological effects raises a host of normative ethical questions which need to be addressed.
Psychedelics: The Reason for the Season by Charlotte McAdam
It’s that time of the year again. According to that popular carol, it’s apparently the most wonderful time of the year. The festive season calls us to gather with loved ones and celebrate surviving another year — and what a wild one it’s been. While 2020 was a memorable moment in time, it might be a
On the Need for a Bioethics of Psychedelic Psychotherapy: A Few Preliminary Challenges By Eddie Jacobs
Psychotherapy assisted by psilocybin, a naturally occurring compound in ‘magic mushrooms’, has recently received ‘Breakthrough Therapy’ status from the FDA, in recognition of the substantial benefits witnessed in clinical trials investigating treatment-resistant depression.
Common Views and Attitudes Towards Psychedelic Medicines and Therapies by Candice Folkard
The current COVID-19 situation and the modern history of psychedelics share a distinguishable commonality, they illuminate a looming war on knowledge and a pervasive division in views and understandings. The dispersion of information plays a powerful role in shaping beliefs and attitudes.
Psychedelic-Assisted therapies For Criminal Offenders — A New Paradigm For Rehabilitation? By David Heilpern
I have a lifelong interest in decreasing violent crime and imprisonments rates. For 21 years I was a proudly activist judicial officer seeking to reduce both — definitively a barbed-wire fence proposition.
How Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy Changed My Life by Tania de Jong AM
I don’t drink or smoke. I’ve never taken any drugs till four years ago. Yet today, my life revolves around psychedelic medicines — heavily stigmatized substances still illegal in this country and most others across the world.
Pushing Taboo: Exploring the Role of LSD in Transpersonal Psychology by Diego Pinzon Rubiano
“It does not seem to be an exaggeration to say that psychedelics used responsibly and with proper caution, would be for psychiatry what the microscope is for biology and medicine or the telescope is for astronomy.“ - Stanislav Grof
Science not Stigma: Safety of Psychedelic-Assisted therapies for Mental Illness by Victor Chiruta
The conversation of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy has moved from the scientific community into the mainstream. In Australia, the two psychedelic compounds that have been proposed for rescheduling as controlled medicines are psilocybin and MDMA