• Psychedelics open a new window on the mechanisms of perception: some neuroscientists think psychedelic drugs and the hallucinations they induce could help reveal how the brain generates our perceptions of the world — and of ourselves — Knowable Magazine
  • "If psychedelics reduce the brain's reliance on prior beliefs about the world, one result could be an increase in cognitive flexibility."
• How we should do drugs now — Michael Pollan, New York Times
• Psilocybin and MDMA for the treatment of trauma-related psychopathology
• Journey Colab — startup developing therapeutic uses of mescaline
• Microdosing guide (very comprehensive) — DoubleBlind
• Psychedelics offer new route to recovery from eating disorders — NEO.LIFE
• Effect of ketamine on depression: study that attempted actual blinding of patients — Nature

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By compound

MDMA

• Phase 2 clinical trial (open-label) to treat AN
• MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for eating disorders comorbid with PTSD (Jan 2021)

LSD

• Paradoxical psychological effects of LSD: increased optimism and openness; "increased cognitive flexibility subsequent to 5-HT2AR stimulation promotes emotional lability during intoxication and leaves a residue of 'loosened cognition' conducive to improved psychological wellbeing"

Psilocybin

• Hopkins and UCSD trials for treating AN
• Rethinking therapeutic strategies for anorexia nervosa: insights from psychedelic medicine and animal models: focus on psilocybin; notes applicability to LSD and ayahuasca — Frontiers in Neuroscience

Related

• This Is Your Mind on Plants — Michael Pollan