Welcome to Proper Mental episode 79 with Dr Rosalind Watts, a clinical psychologist who was the clinical lead on the Depression Study, which compared Psilocybin with a standard anti-depressant medication.
The study was featured in the documentary ‘Magic Medicine’ which is currently streaming on Netflix.
Dr Watts has been named as one of the 50 Most Influential People in Psychedelics as well as one of the Top 16 Women Shaping the Future of Psychedelics.
Rosalind is also the founder of the ACER Integration community which aims to provide education and connectedness after psychedelic experiences and uses nature as a way of connecting deeply to the self and to others.
Ros and I chat about the trial process from selecting the patients, supporting them during the experience and what the data showed afterwards.
We chat about psychedelics in general, how they might work and where this area of mental health support is currently up to and we chat about mental health, environment, community and mother nature.
This is a wonderful episode and it feels like, not only one of the best but one of the most important episodes that I’ve recorded.
It’s certainly a personal highlight and Rosalind was just so lovely to chat to!
You can follow Dr Watts on social media @drrosalindwatts or @acerintegration.
You can learn more about her work via her website www.drrosalindwatts.com
You can watch her Ted Talk here: Can Magic Mushrooms Unlock Depression? | Rosalind Watts | TEDxOxford - YouTube
The BBC documentary about the trial is available on the iPlayer here: BBC Two - The Psychedelic Drug Trial
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