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2026-05-19 • PsyPost (Psychedelic Research)

Brain scans reveal how ibogaine alters neural networks in veterans with head trauma

Special Operations veterans with head traumas experienced notable clinical improvements after taking ibogaine. Brain scans reveal the therapy was associated with lasting increases in cerebral blood flow and the widesp...

2026-05-19 • Chemical Collective

Entering the Hypnagogic State Through Yoga Nidra

Yoga nidra, a guided deep relaxation practice, can induce hypnagogia – the transitional state between waking and sleep – which may offer benefits including enhanced creativity and potential mental health applications....

2026-05-18 • Breaking Convention (Substack)

Thank You!

and the official group photo!

2026-05-18 • The Microdose (Berkeley)

Can psilocybin alleviate phantom limb pain? 5 questions with neuroscientist Fadel Zeidan

Zeidan discusses how magic mushrooms might help reduce amputees’ pain.

2026-05-18 • DoubleBlind Magazine

Psychedelic Therapy Is Now Available for Traumatized Journalists

Plus an upcoming 5-MeO-DMT convo you don't want to miss, and so much more. [...] Read More... The post Psychedelic Therapy Is Now Available for Traumatized Journalists appeared first on DoubleBlind Mag.

2026-05-18 • OPEN Foundation

Truffels, therapie, tuchtrecht: Een OPEN perspectief op het grijze gebied waarin (BIG-geregistreerde) therapeuten opereren in Nederland met betrekking tot psychedelica

Op 8 mei 2026 deed het Regionaal Tuchtcollege voor de Gezondheidszorg Amsterdam uitspraak in een belangwekkende zaak, waarin de Inspectie Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd (IGJ) een klacht had ingediend tegen een klinisch psyc...

Policy
2026-05-17 • The Psychedelic Blog (Substack)

Global Altered States: Austin on Mushrooms

This week’s Sunday Insider: I used to travel to escape myself…now I travel to observe.

2026-05-16 • Chemical Collective

Healing Grief with Psychedelics

Psychedelics helped Oli Genn-Bash process long-held grief over his mother’s death by facilitating emotional release, reconnection with nature, and a renewed sense of meaning and creativity. The post Healing Grief with...

2026-05-15 • Breaking Convention (Substack)

Breaking Convention 2026 is here!

info for the day...

2026-05-15 • Microdosing Institute

ICPR 2026

The Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research, ICPR 2026, returns for its seventh edition on June 4–6, 2026, in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

Research Community
2026-05-15 • The Microdose (Berkeley)

What might the FDA Commissioner’s resignation mean for psychedelics? Ketamine infusions rapidly reduce suicidal and depressive symptoms during major depressive episodes

Plus: Could psychedelic-assisted therapy help improve adolescents’ mental health? National poll reflects “cautious support” from U.S. voters on psychedelics

2026-05-15 • Filter Magazine (Psychedelics)

“Striking Increase” in Public Support for Legal Access to Psychedelics

There’s been a “striking increase” in support for legal and regulated therapeutic access to psychedelics as well as expanded research ... The post “Striking Increase” in Public Support for Legal Access to Psychedelics...

2026-05-15 • Filter Magazine (Psychedelics)

“Striking Increase” in Public Support for Legal Access to Psychedelics

There’s been a “striking increase” in support for legal and regulated therapeutic access to psychedelics as well as expanded research ...

2026-05-15 • The Psychedelic Blog (Substack)

Why Modern Dating Feels Like a Therapy Session

Welcome to the Psychedelic Blog. I write about the impact of Psychedelics on Grieving, Relationships, Culture & Death.

2026-05-15 • DoubleBlind Magazine

What a Ketamine for Firefighters Film Says About Psychedelic Advocacy

When a documentary becomes a PSA, what gets left out? [...] Read More... The post What a Ketamine for Firefighters Film Says About Psychedelic Advocacy appeared first on DoubleBlind Mag.