Ben Sessa to Step Aside
We have been informed today that Dr. Ben Sessa has been summoned to appear before the General Medical Council’s (GMC) Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) in the UK regarding alleged misconduct. The hearing is scheduled to commence on February 29, 2024. Dr. Sessa has stepped aside from his
New Horizons in Healing: Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy’s Bold Leap Forward
On January 19, 2024, the landscape of mental health care was changed forever. In an unprecedented move, MDMA was given to a patient not as part of a trial but as a prescribed treatment.
Top Takeaways from Mind Medicine Australia’s Psychedelic Public Lecture with Dr. Ben Sessa
A full hall gathered at St Kilda Town Hall to hear Dr. Ben Sessa present a lecture on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies: The New Frontier in Mental Health Treatments.
Grateful for the Dead
The life and legacy of the late, great Augustus Owsley Stanley III. Why he was a key figure in the 1960’s counterculture movement, and responsible for ultimately altering the collective consciousness of a generation.
A Pioneering Step for Mental Health: Australia Leads the World in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies
On February 3rd this year, Australia made history by becoming a world leader in psychedelic-assisted therapies, thanks to the unwavering support from people like you. July 1st marks the date these substances will be rescheduled for strictly controlled use in clinical settings, a decision that will l
Reaction to the Health Report
David Heilpern - Dean of Law at Southern Cross University and a magistrate for over 20 years - writes his response to Norman Swan's interview with Susan Rossell on the ABC's Health Report.
Mind Medicine Australia’s Progress and Achievements Since 2019
In our first five years, we have made remarkable progress in growing public awareness of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in Australia. We are seeing a paradigm shift in the curiosity, acceptance, and interest in the use of psilocybin and MDMA-assisted therapy for depression, addiction, PTSD
Returning to Our Roots
Australia, we did it. The first country to formally recognise psychedelics as medicines. Which of course, is what they were and always have been. The decision to criminalise the use of psychedelics is only a recent memory.
Protected: How Psilocybin Saved My Life
I am a Mental Health and Addictions counselor currently finishing my Master’s Degree. I also have a degree in Microbiology from Paris France. In 2017, I suffered a severe depression after the deaths of my mother, my grandmother, a relationship breakdown and the euthanasia of my beloved dog...
WOW! WHAT A DAY – FRANCO’S LEGACY
Wow, today I received the news that, from July 1st 2023, the TGA have authorised the therapeutic access to Psilocybin and MDMA for those living with treatment-resistant Depression and PTSD. A huge amount of emotion is running through me.
Psychedelic Healing Stories from Australia: Juleane’s Experiences with 5-MEO-DMT
In this blog series, we are sharing some of the healing stories from our recent book: Psychedelic Healing Stories from Australia. In this blog, we share the story of Juleane and her experiences with 5-MEO-DMT.
Three Weeks Down Under: My Mind Medicine Australia Psychedelic Lecture Tour
I have just come back from a 3-week lecture tour of South-Eastern Australia supporting the cause of the charity Mind Medicine Australia (MMA).
Professor David Nutt’s Lecture Tour – November 2022
Mind Medicine Australia was delighted that Professor David Nutt, Head of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London, could come to Australia for 3 weeks in November 2022.
Psychedelic Healing Stories from Australia: Zinevara’s Story with Changa and MDMA
In this blog series, we are sharing some of the healing stories from our recent book: Psychedelic Healing Stories from Australia. In this blog, we share the story of Zinevara and her experiences with Changa and MDMA.
Dr David Gaskell CHE writes a letter in response to Vanessa
Dr David Gaskell CHE responds heartily to Vanessa's Letter and shares his experience as a doctor.
Psychedelic Healing Stories from Australia: John’s Experience with MDMA, Psilocybin and Ayahuasca
In this blog, we share the story of Maree and her experiences with psilocybin and LSD.
Psychedelic Healing Stories from Australia: Maree’s Story with Psilocybin and LSD
In this blog, we share the story of Maree and her experiences with psilocybin and LSD.
Psychedelic Healing Stories from Australia: Kerry’s Healing with DMT
I gave up all my physical addictions and released my negative and destructive behaviours. I started yoga and Vipassana meditation, which developed my feelings of connection to source. I started to eat nutritious, whole foods and my health has drastically improved.
Psychedelic Healing Stories from Australia: Charlotte’s Experience with Psilocybin
During the summer of 2019, I once again found myself searching for answers. I was visiting Joshua Tree in the United States on a road trip I had planned with friends to see a band tour concert.
Granny’s Trips by Kerry Soorley: How Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies saved my life
“Trauma by omission” as Gabor Mate calls it, was my childhood. I grew up feeling abandoned, rejected and with so much self-loathing and shame from the earliest of times and my memories have always been that I have been on a self-destructive personal path.