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Psychedelic Alpha – Annotated Research Bibliography of 2024

As with last year, all-round psychedelic powerhouse Michael Haichin invited me to offer some thoughts on what I took to be the most important or interesting psychedelic research articles of 2024. I only had time to write two reviews this year. Check out the rest of the annotated bibliography here. Palitsky, R., Kaplan, D. M.,…

Some notes on informed consent

I recently had cause to pen an overview of informed consent for psychedelic therapies that won’t be making its intended appearance in a journal article. Happily, I’m due to speak about informed consent at ICPR next week anyway, so this wasn’t in vain and allowed me some time to refresh my memory on the literature.…

Psychedelic Alpha – Annotated Research Bibliography of 2023

In support of Psychedelic Alpha’s Annotated Research Bibliography of 2023, I was asked to write a brief comment on a few of the papers from last year that I thought were particularly deserving of attention. I’d highly encourage that you click through on the link above to take in the combined recommendations of a thirty-odd…

Popping Pills and Bursting Balloons – Paracetamol and Risk-taking

“Paracetamol doesn’t just ease your headache – it also influences your decision-making. Not only are people more likely to take risks after being given the pain-killing drug, they’re also less likely to see potentially dangerous activities as risky in the first place.” Full article available at Oxford Science Journalism. [850 words, 5 mins]

I have had thoughts, I swear.

Over the course of my DPhil, I do intend to be using this page to put down in writing half-formed thoughts that are directly or adjacently related to psychedelic bioethics. But for now, the best place to see my previous work for general audiences is over on the home page. Gestational Projects include stuff on:…


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