The Drug Science Podcast

34. Psilocybin vs Antidepressants with Dr Robin Carhart-Harris

Apr 14, 2021

45:49

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Psychoanalysis

2min

The Neuroscience of Psychoanalysis

2min

The Effects of MDMA on Sleep

2min

MDMA Brain Damage: A Study in the Public Domain

3min

The Benefits of MDMA for Brain Imaging Research

2min

The Role of Resting State in Brain Activity

2min

The Effects of Psychedelics on Brain Function

2min

The Effects of Psychedelics on Brain Activity

2min

10.

The Effects of Psychedelics on Brain Activity

3min

11.

The Effects of Psychedelics on the Default Mode Network

3min

12.

The Role of Networks in the Brain

3min

13.

The Role of the 2A Receptor in Brain Activity

3min

14.

The Benefits of Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression

3min

15.

Psilocybin and Depression: A Different Mode of Action

3min

16.

The Effects of Serotonin on Depression

2min

17.

The Effects of SSR-I on the Limbic System

4min

18.

The Effects of Psilocybin on the Response to Emotional Stimuli

3min

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

Amanda Feilding

Robin’s PhD

Drugs live – Channel 4

Psilocybin

LSD