Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center
@jhpsychedelics.bsky.social
The Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research studies how psychedelics affect behavior, mood, cognition, brain function, & biological markers of health.
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CPCR Medical Director, Dr. Sandeep Nayak spoke on a panel yesterday with Jada Pinket Smith at the Not Alone Summit in Las Vegas, discussing psychedelics and mental health
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
CPCR Medical Director, Dr. Sandeep Nayak spoke on a panel yesterday with Jada Pinket Smith at the Not Alone Summit in Las Vegas, discussing psychedelics and mental health
Dr. David Yaden will be speaking at MGH’s Psychedelics & Psychedelic Medicine Conference (Nov 14–15, virtual). Learn the latest research + earn CME/CE. Use code NET50 to save $50.
Register: lms.mghcme.org/VirtualPsych...
Register: lms.mghcme.org/VirtualPsych...
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Dr. David Yaden will be speaking at MGH’s Psychedelics & Psychedelic Medicine Conference (Nov 14–15, virtual). Learn the latest research + earn CME/CE. Use code NET50 to save $50.
Register: lms.mghcme.org/VirtualPsych...
Register: lms.mghcme.org/VirtualPsych...
Can psychedelics help us understand disease-related hallucinations?
CPCR post doc Dr.Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social explores how serotonin receptors might bridge psilocybin and Parkinson’s in @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illu...
CPCR post doc Dr.Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social explores how serotonin receptors might bridge psilocybin and Parkinson’s in @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illu...
Hallucinations Happen When the Brain Fills in the Blanks
Psychedelics and Parkinson’s may trigger hallucinations through the same system, revealing how fragile the balance is between externally and internally generated perception.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Can psychedelics help us understand disease-related hallucinations?
CPCR post doc Dr.Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social explores how serotonin receptors might bridge psilocybin and Parkinson’s in @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illu...
CPCR post doc Dr.Nate Heller @nate-h-heller.bsky.social explores how serotonin receptors might bridge psilocybin and Parkinson’s in @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illu...
Last week, Drs. Weiss and Yaden joined a Humanities on the Hill panel after the film In Waves and War, discussing the impact of war on Veterans and the promise of psychedelic therapies, alongside Marcus Capone, Paul Shenk, and Dr. Virginia Jewiss.
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Last week, Drs. Weiss and Yaden joined a Humanities on the Hill panel after the film In Waves and War, discussing the impact of war on Veterans and the promise of psychedelic therapies, alongside Marcus Capone, Paul Shenk, and Dr. Virginia Jewiss.
‼️Healthy Volunteers Needed‼️
Join our Johns Hopkins study on how psilocybin affects the brain using safe, noninvasive methods (EEG, fMRI, TMS, cognitive testing).
Apply or learn more: tinyurl.com/34jnz3d5
☎️ 410-550-2253 | ✉️ psilocybinbrainstudy@jhmi.edu
Join our Johns Hopkins study on how psilocybin affects the brain using safe, noninvasive methods (EEG, fMRI, TMS, cognitive testing).
Apply or learn more: tinyurl.com/34jnz3d5
☎️ 410-550-2253 | ✉️ psilocybinbrainstudy@jhmi.edu
November 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
‼️Healthy Volunteers Needed‼️
Join our Johns Hopkins study on how psilocybin affects the brain using safe, noninvasive methods (EEG, fMRI, TMS, cognitive testing).
Apply or learn more: tinyurl.com/34jnz3d5
☎️ 410-550-2253 | ✉️ psilocybinbrainstudy@jhmi.edu
Join our Johns Hopkins study on how psilocybin affects the brain using safe, noninvasive methods (EEG, fMRI, TMS, cognitive testing).
Apply or learn more: tinyurl.com/34jnz3d5
☎️ 410-550-2253 | ✉️ psilocybinbrainstudy@jhmi.edu
CPCR members (Fred Barrett, Jessica Dyal, Tess Richardson) attended the kickoff meeting for Reunion Neuroscience’s REKINDLE trial, which will test RE-104—a shorter-acting psilocybin-like compound—for adjustment disorder. Stay tuned for recruitment updates!
October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
CPCR members (Fred Barrett, Jessica Dyal, Tess Richardson) attended the kickoff meeting for Reunion Neuroscience’s REKINDLE trial, which will test RE-104—a shorter-acting psilocybin-like compound—for adjustment disorder. Stay tuned for recruitment updates!
🎬 Free Screening: In Waves and War — a documentary on three former Navy SEALs’ journeys with psychedelic therapy.
🗣️ Panel with Director Jon Shenk, Drs. Brandon Weiss & Bit Yaden, and Marcus & Amber Capone (VETS).
📅 Wed, Oct 29 | 6 PM
📍 JHU Bloomberg Center, DC
🎟️ Register Free
🗣️ Panel with Director Jon Shenk, Drs. Brandon Weiss & Bit Yaden, and Marcus & Amber Capone (VETS).
📅 Wed, Oct 29 | 6 PM
📍 JHU Bloomberg Center, DC
🎟️ Register Free
October 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🎬 Free Screening: In Waves and War — a documentary on three former Navy SEALs’ journeys with psychedelic therapy.
🗣️ Panel with Director Jon Shenk, Drs. Brandon Weiss & Bit Yaden, and Marcus & Amber Capone (VETS).
📅 Wed, Oct 29 | 6 PM
📍 JHU Bloomberg Center, DC
🎟️ Register Free
🗣️ Panel with Director Jon Shenk, Drs. Brandon Weiss & Bit Yaden, and Marcus & Amber Capone (VETS).
📅 Wed, Oct 29 | 6 PM
📍 JHU Bloomberg Center, DC
🎟️ Register Free
Dr. Fred Barrett presented preliminary data on psilocybin’s efficacy for treating depression with co-occurring alcohol use disorder and its underlying therapeutic mechanisms at the 38th annual ECNP Congress in Amsterdam.
October 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Dr. Fred Barrett presented preliminary data on psilocybin’s efficacy for treating depression with co-occurring alcohol use disorder and its underlying therapeutic mechanisms at the 38th annual ECNP Congress in Amsterdam.
🚨 There are limited spots left to attend the SfN Psychedelic Research Event 🧠
Join us before #SfN2025 (Friday, Nov 14) for a deep dive into cross-species psychedelic neuroscience.
Register + speaker profiles👇
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
Join us before #SfN2025 (Friday, Nov 14) for a deep dive into cross-species psychedelic neuroscience.
Register + speaker profiles👇
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
SFN — Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research
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October 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🚨 There are limited spots left to attend the SfN Psychedelic Research Event 🧠
Join us before #SfN2025 (Friday, Nov 14) for a deep dive into cross-species psychedelic neuroscience.
Register + speaker profiles👇
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
Join us before #SfN2025 (Friday, Nov 14) for a deep dive into cross-species psychedelic neuroscience.
Register + speaker profiles👇
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
Welcome our new postdoctoral research fellow, Dr. Eddie Jacobs. Dr. Jacobs comes to us from Oxford where he investigated ethical aspects of psychedelic therapies. At the CPCR, his work will explore how pre-existing worldviews & beliefs influence the quality and character of psychedelic experiences
October 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Welcome our new postdoctoral research fellow, Dr. Eddie Jacobs. Dr. Jacobs comes to us from Oxford where he investigated ethical aspects of psychedelic therapies. At the CPCR, his work will explore how pre-existing worldviews & beliefs influence the quality and character of psychedelic experiences
🎙️ New podcast from @undarkmag: Dr. Albert Garcia-Romeu, joins Harvard’s Dr. Bertha Madras to discuss what we really know about psychedelics as medicine.
🔗 undark.org/2025/10/01/p...
🔗 undark.org/2025/10/01/p...
Podcast: Do We Know Enough to Use Psychedelics As Medicine?
This week on Entanglements, our hosts talk to a psychologist and a neuroscientist about the science behind psychedelics.
undark.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🎙️ New podcast from @undarkmag: Dr. Albert Garcia-Romeu, joins Harvard’s Dr. Bertha Madras to discuss what we really know about psychedelics as medicine.
🔗 undark.org/2025/10/01/p...
🔗 undark.org/2025/10/01/p...
Reposted by Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center
🧠 New Psychedelic Article in Schizophrenia Bulletin!
We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation.
academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
Excited to see this spark discussion!
#Neuroscience #Psychedelics
We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation.
academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
Excited to see this spark discussion!
#Neuroscience #Psychedelics
Visual Hallucinations in Serotonergic Psychedelics and Lewy Body Diseases
AbstractBackground and Hypothesis. Visual hallucinations (VH) are a core symptom of both Lewy body diseases (LBDs; eg, Parkinson’s disease and dementia wit
academic.oup.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🧠 New Psychedelic Article in Schizophrenia Bulletin!
We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation.
academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
Excited to see this spark discussion!
#Neuroscience #Psychedelics
We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation.
academic.oup.com/schizophreni...
Excited to see this spark discussion!
#Neuroscience #Psychedelics
How do psychedelics help treat depression, anxiety, and addiction? In this #ECNP2025 preview, Drs. Linda Simmler and Frederick Barrett discuss psychedelic-induced plasticity with host Friederike Holze.
📅 See them live Oct 14, 2025, 8:40–10:00
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FT2...
📅 See them live Oct 14, 2025, 8:40–10:00
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FT2...
Psychedelics and plasticity: from synapses to cognition | 38th ECNP Congress preview
YouTube video by European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
How do psychedelics help treat depression, anxiety, and addiction? In this #ECNP2025 preview, Drs. Linda Simmler and Frederick Barrett discuss psychedelic-induced plasticity with host Friederike Holze.
📅 See them live Oct 14, 2025, 8:40–10:00
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FT2...
📅 See them live Oct 14, 2025, 8:40–10:00
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FT2...
Dr. Brandon Weiss recently met with congressional staff, NIH, and federal regulators to discuss Veteran health and the importance of rigorous research in guiding safe, responsible psychedelic therapies.
September 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Dr. Brandon Weiss recently met with congressional staff, NIH, and federal regulators to discuss Veteran health and the importance of rigorous research in guiding safe, responsible psychedelic therapies.
🚨 ATTN SfN attendees: Join our pre-SfN event “The Trip between Bedside and Bench: Advancing Cross-Species Translation in Psychedelic Neuroscience.”
Limited spots—register now! 👉 hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
Limited spots—register now! 👉 hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
SFN — Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research
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September 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨 ATTN SfN attendees: Join our pre-SfN event “The Trip between Bedside and Bench: Advancing Cross-Species Translation in Psychedelic Neuroscience.”
Limited spots—register now! 👉 hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
Limited spots—register now! 👉 hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
1/ New consensus statement just dropped on the potential for psilocybin in clinical care, from the Task Group on Psychedelics and Related Compounds of the US National Network of Depression Centers
The message? Lots of promise, but real risks if we rush. 🧵
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
The message? Lots of promise, but real risks if we rush. 🧵
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
1/ New consensus statement just dropped on the potential for psilocybin in clinical care, from the Task Group on Psychedelics and Related Compounds of the US National Network of Depression Centers
The message? Lots of promise, but real risks if we rush. 🧵
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
The message? Lots of promise, but real risks if we rush. 🧵
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
🌿 Can psychedelics help with long-COVID & Lyme?
Join Dr. Albert Garcia-Romeu (JHU) + an expert panel as they share new research & lived experiences. Free online event!
🔗https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/vg5di-PqS6Ko-GOFOL4Ljg
#CPCR #PsychedelicResearch #LongCOVID #LymeDisease
Join Dr. Albert Garcia-Romeu (JHU) + an expert panel as they share new research & lived experiences. Free online event!
🔗https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/vg5di-PqS6Ko-GOFOL4Ljg
#CPCR #PsychedelicResearch #LongCOVID #LymeDisease
September 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🌿 Can psychedelics help with long-COVID & Lyme?
Join Dr. Albert Garcia-Romeu (JHU) + an expert panel as they share new research & lived experiences. Free online event!
🔗https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/vg5di-PqS6Ko-GOFOL4Ljg
#CPCR #PsychedelicResearch #LongCOVID #LymeDisease
Join Dr. Albert Garcia-Romeu (JHU) + an expert panel as they share new research & lived experiences. Free online event!
🔗https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/vg5di-PqS6Ko-GOFOL4Ljg
#CPCR #PsychedelicResearch #LongCOVID #LymeDisease
Reposted by Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center
Have you used psychedelics and cannabis on separate occasions? Take our survey! tinyurl.com/psyches-cann...
Your responses help advance research on their effects, risks, and benefits.
Your responses help advance research on their effects, risks, and benefits.
September 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Have you used psychedelics and cannabis on separate occasions? Take our survey! tinyurl.com/psyches-cann...
Your responses help advance research on their effects, risks, and benefits.
Your responses help advance research on their effects, risks, and benefits.
Microdose interview with Dr. Azin Bekhrad, who runs the Johns Hopkins Clinic for Post-Psychedelic Difficulties themicrodose.substack.com/p/treating-p... (
Treating patients with challenging psychedelics experiences: 5 Questions for psychiatrist Azin Bekhrad
Azin Bekhrad trained as a medical doctor at Wayne State University in Detroit, then completed a year of residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern, then a psychiatry fellowship at Johns Ho...
themicrodose.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Microdose interview with Dr. Azin Bekhrad, who runs the Johns Hopkins Clinic for Post-Psychedelic Difficulties themicrodose.substack.com/p/treating-p... (
Our research center is seeking a casual therapist to support cutting-edge studies on the therapeutic effects of psychedelics. Join a team at the forefront of mental health research. Apply below 👇
jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimor...
jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimor...
September 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Our research center is seeking a casual therapist to support cutting-edge studies on the therapeutic effects of psychedelics. Join a team at the forefront of mental health research. Apply below 👇
jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimor...
jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimor...
CPCR Faculty David Yaden (@existwell) visited the Uehiro Oxford Institute at Oxford University, advancing work on well-being and the ethics of psychedelics.
September 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
CPCR Faculty David Yaden (@existwell) visited the Uehiro Oxford Institute at Oxford University, advancing work on well-being and the ethics of psychedelics.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Catch up on the latest updates from the CPCR and subscribe to stay in the loop:
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Six years ago, our psychedelic center was founded on 20+ years of pioneering research. Today, we’re one of the world’s largest academic hubs in the field—driving innovation, clinical research, and collaboration. Here’s to six years of impact, and many more ahead!
September 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Six years ago, our psychedelic center was founded on 20+ years of pioneering research. Today, we’re one of the world’s largest academic hubs in the field—driving innovation, clinical research, and collaboration. Here’s to six years of impact, and many more ahead!
New study from Dr. Brandon Weiss (CPCR) finds UK public attitudes toward psychedelic-assisted therapy are mostly neutral with a slight negative tilt. Published in the International Journal of Drug Policy
September 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New study from Dr. Brandon Weiss (CPCR) finds UK public attitudes toward psychedelic-assisted therapy are mostly neutral with a slight negative tilt. Published in the International Journal of Drug Policy
Have you used psychedelics and cannabis on separate occasions? Take our survey! tinyurl.com/psyches-cann...
Your responses help advance research on their effects, risks, and benefits.
Your responses help advance research on their effects, risks, and benefits.
September 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Have you used psychedelics and cannabis on separate occasions? Take our survey! tinyurl.com/psyches-cann...
Your responses help advance research on their effects, risks, and benefits.
Your responses help advance research on their effects, risks, and benefits.