Welcome to the MAPS Graduate Student Listserv's Monthly Review!
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🎓 This public Digest is designed to help graduate students navigate the rapidly evolving field of psychedelic studies and to facilitate interdisciplinary connections among psychedelic research scholars. Contact the listserv moderator to contribute relevant news, research, and opportunities, or request an invitation to join the listserv here.
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Student Community
Student Group Updates
- MGSL Community Standards Agreement: Please Read if you haven't yet!
- CALL TO DISCOURSE: Topic: "Proposed APA Changes and the future of psychedelic therapy" via Psychedelic Social Justice Collective (Join PSJC Discord here)
- NEW GSAPS + MGSL Virtual Psychedelic Grad Student Meetup
- 🎓Seeking an Academic Advisor? Have we got a treat for you!
Opportunities
- Scholarships: (3)
- Jobs (3)
- Calls for Abstracts/Proposals: (4)
- Diversity Psychedelics: Self-Nomination Form via IPN
- NEW Psychedelic Medicine Association Launches 9/29
- Berkely Center for Psychedelic Research MDMA Listerv & Bay Area Psychotherapists Group
- Are you a medical student or resident? Check out the Medical Psychedelic Interest Network here!
Weekly Meetups
- Psychedelic Entheogen and Academic Council (PEAC), Fridays at 11pst
- IPN Journal Club every Wednesday 4:30 pm EST
Graduate School Program Updates
INTRODUCING: Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics (BCSP)
Combining scientific research, training, and public education, the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics (BCSP) is a new interdisciplinary initiative to explore the psychological and biological effects of psychedelic compounds as well as their spiritual and cultural roles.
UC Berkeley launches new center for psychedelic science and education
UC Berkeley Announces New Research Project on Psychedelic Drugs
"With $1.25 million in seed funding from an anonymous donor, the new UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics will conduct research using psychedelics to investigate cognition, perception and emotion and their biological bases in the human brain."
The center’s plan to explore ways of supporting healthy volunteer research participants as they undergo psychedelic experiences in the center’s studies is unique, too.
To do this, the center plans to collaborate with the Graduate Theological Union, an independent consortium of religious schools and theological institutes based in Berkeley and the larger San Francisco Bay Area, in the development of an immersive learning program on psychedelics and spirituality.
This program will eventually train guides, also known as facilitators, in the cultural, contemplative and spiritual care dimensions of psychedelics, working in partnership with the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics research studies."
Research
Dissertations & Theses
Recent publications and abstracts related to psychedelic studies*
- Anim, Ernestina. "Investigating the Relationship between Marital Status, State Marijuana Laws, and Marijuana Use in the USA", Northern Arizona University
- Cridell, Alex. "The Nature of Healing in the Psychedelic Experience", Arizona State University
- duBois, Zeth. "Ecstatic [X]Reality: Mediating Altered States of Consciousness", University of Idaho
- Everman, Jaimee. "The Role of Combat Attachment Behaviors as a Barrier to PTSD Treatment and Predictor of Increased Impulsive Behaviors", Adler University
- Feck, Sam. "Associations Between Cannabis Use Characteristics, Impulsivity, and Mindfulness", Rochester Institute of Technology
- Green, Roger. "Ayahuasca's Religious Diaspora in the Wake of the Doctrine of Discovery", University of Denver
- Jenkins, Andrew G. "Cultures of the Drug: Language, Self, and Politics in Contemporary Drug Discourse", University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- Larova, Veronika. "The Evolution of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment: Lessons Learned from MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy", California Southern Univsersity
- Yugler, Simon T. "Lost Rites: Decolonizing Masculinity Through Psychedelic Initiation, Liminality, and Integration", Pacifica Graduate University
*Cannabis studies included
Books & Reviews
Recent publications (order through your local bookstore when possible!)
- Good Chemistry, Julie Holland
- The Secret Drugs of Buddhism: Psychedelic Sacraments and the Origins of the Vajrayana 2nd Edition, Mike Crowley
- The Wild Kindness, Bett Williams
- Psychedelics and Spirituality: The Sacred Use of LSD, Psilocybin, and MDMA for Human Transformation 3rd edition, Thomas Roberts
- Psychedelic Consciousness: Plant Intelligence for Healing Ourselvs and Our Fragmented World, Daniel Grauer
- My Psychedelic Explorations: The Healing Power and Transformational Potential of Psychoactive Substances, Claudio Naranjo
Journal Publications
Recent peer-reviewed and pre-print articles
- Journal of Psychopharmacology (4)
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence
- Neuropsychopharmacology
- Psychopharmacology (3)
- Psychological Medicine
- CNS Drugs
- Journal of Neuorlogy, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
- Neuroimage
Media & Culture