Campbell Townsend has signed up to a Monash University research trial which coaches the people involved in using psychedelics as part of their therapy. Australia’s part in the psychedelic movement has been observed by Dr Martin Williams, executive director of Psychedelic Research in Science and Medicine Incorporated (Prism) Ltd, who identified the pivot point of professional interest as coming two years ago. That’s when Melbourne’s St Vincent’s hospital announced that its clinical psychologist, Dr Margaret Ross, would oversee Australia’s first psychedelic trial, using psilocybin – the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms – to treat people in palliative care. Sarah Pant is a psychologist who has signed up to a Monash University research trial which coaches the people involved in using psychedelics as part of their therapy. Dr David Spektor take part in the research trial.

Source: The Guardian May 29, 2021 19:52 UTC