Momentum for psychedelic-assisted therapies building in New Zealand
News Hub, October 30, 2021
“Sometimes the government has a chance to do something fantastic. And something revolutionary, and this would be one of those times.”
Clinical use of psilocybin
9News Gold Coast, October 22, 2021
The clinical use of magic mushrooms and ecstasy to treat mental illness could soon be available to every Australian. A former Rugby player and Gold Cost local now throwing his support behind the unorthodox approach.
TGA review psychedelics for mental health treatment
ABC, RN Breakfast, October 7, 2021
A review by an independent expert panel has found MDMA and psilocybin or ‘magic mushrooms’ may show promise for therapeutic use.
They could be used in clinical therapies to treat depression, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other complex mental illnesses, in a controlled environment.
‘Psychedelics renaissance’: new wave of research puts hallucinogenics forward to treat mental health
The Guardian, September 26, 2021
In what’s been described as a ‘paradigm shifter’ for psychiatry, Australian clinical trials are exploring the therapeutic benefits of illegal substances.
How Mind Medicine Australia Is Tackling Deadly Mental Health Crisis with Psychedelics
Psychedelic Spotlight, September 16, 2021
Charity co-founder Tania de Jong says Covid-19 pandemic has led to “a huge spike in mental health issues including, very sadly, suicides,” and she believes psychedelics are a solution.
Magic Mushrooms // The Medicine That Can Change Your Life
Carnage House Productions, September 15, 2021
We are joined by Tania De Jong, one of Australia’s most successful female entrepreneurs; developer of 6 businesses and 3 charities over 3 decades. In this interview we discussed her recently co-founded ‘Mind Medicine Australia’. MMA is a charity that seeks to alleviate the suffering caused by mental illness in Australia through the development of safe and effective psychedelic-assisted therapies to cure a range of mental illnesses.
We focused on the benefits of psilocybin and MDMA assisted therapies for sufferers of depression, anxiety, PTSD and alcohol/nicotine addiction. Tania shared her experience with psilocybin as well as numerous studies proving the benefits of these medicines.
Brave New Psychedelic World
Australia Women's Weekly, September 13, 2021
Spearheading the push for psychedelicassisted psychotherapy in this country are Tania de Jong and her husband, Peter Hunt, who co-founded the not-for-profit Mind Medicine Australia (MMA) in 2019. Resolutely anti-drugs, Tania changed her mind after reading a New Yorker article about a New York University clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy, in which cancer patients were successfully treated for end-of-life anxiety.
Mind Medicine Australia to host Australia’s Inaugural International Summit on Psychedelic Therapies for Mental Illness online in November 2021
Mind Medicine Australia, September 2, 2021
Mental health charity Mind Medicine Australia (MMA) is delighted to announce the inaugural International Summit on Psychedelic Therapies for Mental Illness and 2-day Introductory Workshop will take place between 17–20 November 2021 online.
Australian experts push for psychedelic medicines to treat mental illness
11 Network Australia, August 11, 2021
Mind Medicine Australia co-founder, Tania de Jong AM, talks about the benefits of psychedelics, such as MDMA and psilocybin as a treatment option for mental health.
A trip to the doctor
The Monthly, August 10, 2021
A personal experience of how psychedelics are transforming mental health therapies.
Tania de Jong – Mind Medicine, mental illness, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
The Fair Food Forager & Friends Show, August 8, 2021
Tania de Jong is a performer, social entrepreneur and disrupter. Creativity Australia’s With One Voice program is changing the world, one voice at a time and alleviating loneliness, depression and social isolation.
Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. MMA is establishing effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.
Psychedelic-assisted therapy – potentials for mental illness
Medical Forum, July 21, 2021
If the latest clinical research holds true, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PAT) could revolutionise our understanding and treatment paradigms for mental illness.
‘Hippie’ drugs show promise for treatment
The Australian, July 1, 2021
Half a century after hippies gave psychedelics a bad name, psychiatrists are pressing to use the currently illegal medicines to treat mental illness.
New Frontiers of Psychedelics
Perspectives Podcast, June 30, 2021
Tania de Jong AM speaks about transformation through psychedelic experiences and the work Mind Medicine Australia does.
Ecstasy the solution for soldiers with PTSD, experts say
The Standard, June 25, 2021
MDMA could help to dramatically reduce the number of suicides among veterans. The Victorian Government is being urged to take the first step. Eddie Russell reports.
Interview with Tania de Jong, one of the founding members of Mind Medicine
Echo, June 22, 2021
This Sunday 27 and Monday 28 June, Mind Medicine present two days of film and conversation around psychedelic medicine – their first ever symposium on the new science of psychedelics.
Mind Medicine Australia’s Canberra chapter calls for access to psychedelics
Canberra Times, June 20, 2021
Mind Medicine Australia has called on the ACT Government to change “conservative” legislation to improve access to psychedelic-assisted therapy.
Mind Medicine – Saving Veterans’ lives
The Project, Channel 10, May 27, 2021
For years we’ve heard about the epidemic of post-traumatic stress among Aussie veterans. But now there’s a push to use psychedelic drugs to help them get back to health.
Why the TGA should reschedule MDMA and psilocybin for the treatment of mental illness
The Conversation, May 20, 2021
The down-scheduling of psilocybin and MDMA could have enormous medical benefit for Australian patients, especially when Australia spent A$10.6 billion on mental health between 2018-2019.
Study shows ecstasy plus therapy can treat severe PTSD
AFR, May 11, 2021
The campaign in Australia to use the drug MDMA together with psychotherapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder has been strengthened by a study just published in the prestigious journal Nature Medicine.