Information about psychedelic therapies.
Case studies of psychedelic therapies
Psychedelics may be described as a 'technology of connection': connecting to yourself, your body, other people, society, and nature. As a somewhat complex phenomenon, psychedelics may be seen as positioned at the intersection of art, religion, and various fields of science, including medicine, psychology, anthropology, and many others. Psychedelics have been approached as a tool for achieving some purpose or as a sacrament. The traditional use of psychedelics is thought to have originated hundreds of years ago. Indigenous cultures typically approach their psychedelic plant medicines from a more religious point of view. Recently, in Western societies, a growing interest in using psychedelics for healing emotional trauma, depression, and similar issues has emerged. Millions of people around the world use psychedelics to enhance their problem-solving skills or creativity, or to gain new insights into their lives. Currently, many misunderstandings about the nature of psychedelics still prevail. Lack of knowledge prevents the world from benefiting from the full potential of these medicines. This site aims at collecting and presenting the most relevant information on psychedelic therapies.
Book: Psychedelic Therapy in Practice
The PDF version of the book can be downloaded for free from ResearchGate by clicking on the cover image.
Translations and other writings
In Finnish
- Psykoosin ja monimuotoisen traumaperäisen stressihäiriön itsehoito LSD:llä ja DMT:llä (www.researchgate.net).
- Ketamiini vaikeassa hoitoresistentissä masennuksessa - retrospektiivinen tapaustutkimus ja näkökulma (www.researchgate.net).
In Portuguese
- Autotratamento de psicose e transtorno de estresse pós-traumático complexo com LSD e DMT (www.researchgate.net).
- Ayahuasca no tratamento do transtorno bipolar com características psicóticas (www.researchgate.net).
Ayahuasca
- Indigenous ayahuasca ceremonies in the European context: structures, purposes, concepts (www.researchgate.net).
- Touch and play—'spiritual attacks' in ayahuasca ceremonies (doi.org).
Miscellaneous
- Malpractice in psychodynamic psychotherapy – a retrospective case study (doi.org).
- Healing states, psychedelics, and society (psychedelictherapy.fi).
- A computational model of affects/emotions (arxiv.org).
- In Other Troops. Stories About Violence (www.kobo.com).
- Toisissa joukoissa. Kertomuksia väkivallasta (www.kobo.com).
- COVID-19, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and iodide (doi.org).
Opioid addiction
- A month in the life of an illegal opioid substitution treatment clinic. A biography of MD Pentti Karvonen (www.kobo.com).
- The opioid addiction treatment controversy of 1990 in Finland (www.researchgate.net).
- Vietnamese herbal opioid addiction treatment medication Heantos-4 (www.researchgate.net).