I have so much that I want to praise about this post! These references to current peer-reviewed publications are undervalued too often, surprisingly in a societal climate of misinformation. As a degree holder in psychology and related medical fields as well as a teacher to people outside or entry-level to healthcare/neuroscience, I am very impressed with your skilled translation of that lovely jargon.
You have provided me a connection to MAPS that I had not sought for myself and am regretting having not before now. I am motivated to pursue additional information about becoming a psychedelic researcher. I found my way to this article written by a professor from my alma mater on the subject a while ago was telling of the academic climate 20 years ago. I am hopeful that among the people in the country that are reporting increasing support into pursuit of additional research are professionals that are then going to work on said research.
Perhaps the popularity of the concept of decentralizing could lead to higher levels of peer-to-peer reviews without the additional pressures from larger institutions to pursue "more traditional" treatment research?
First of all, thank you for the incredibly kind words. I am not an academic and have never written a post/article like this before, and really only started writing about three years ago. (And I owe it to psilocybin mushrooms for the reason why I started writing!) I am glad to bridge some links and hopefully lit a fire. For me, it's not enough to simply talk about the experience, but to add the weight of research and science into it all. There is an abundance of well-crafted psychedelic experiences floating around, but, I think when you include the science, and connect it with the spiritual experience, the insights psychedelics bring, well then that takes it to the realm of being taken a little more serious. I only have my experience to write about, and I know that's not always good enough. My goal in stepping out to talk about psychedelics is to do just that, motivate the thinkers; the doctors, the scientists, the degree holders like yourself, to take this area of study seriously. I do think the narrative is changing, slowly, but it is changing. Cannabis is becoming more culturally acceptable across the board. Psychedelics, while still very misunderstood, is undoubtedly experiencing a "renaissance" in thinking, mainly because Silicone Valley types are enjoying the benefits of microdosing psilocybin.
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Thank you!