Aug 29, 2008
In this week's installment of psychonautica, Max Freakout first
announces the recent addition of the word 'entheogen'to the Oxford
English dictionary. Next, Max plays the first half of a 2-part talk
from MAPS and a Swiss psychedelic research group SAEPT called
'Swiss psychedelic pilot studies, beginning anew where LSD began',
Rick Doblin introduces the talk with a rundown of the history of
psychedelic research in Switzerland,and talks about Swiss MDMA
studies and the beginning of Swiss LSD studies. Next, PEter Gasser
talks about MDMA assisted psychotherapy, the structure of
treatment, the therapeutic setting used for the study, the progress
of the study so far, neurochemistry of PTSD, the efficacy of MDMA
compared to the standard SSRI medication,the effect and
neurochemical action of MDMA, establishing a trusting relationship
with patients, follow-up contact with patients following MDMA
treatment, difficulties talking about traumatic experiences, and
ways of overcoming this difficulty, additional techniques
to MDMA ingestion such as bodywork and music,and the variability of MDMA therapy sessions. Email maxfreakout@hotmail.co.uk and join the growing community of friendly psychonauts hanging out at www.thegrowreport.com.
Playlist: Frank Zappa - Help I'm a rock
to MDMA ingestion such as bodywork and music,and the variability of MDMA therapy sessions. Email maxfreakout@hotmail.co.uk and join the growing community of friendly psychonauts hanging out at www.thegrowreport.com.
Playlist: Frank Zappa - Help I'm a rock