Therapeutic and Behavioral Effects of Psychedelics - Matthew Johnson (Mapping the Mind 2019)
Channel: Mapping the Mind
Date: 17/11/2019

Therapeutic and Behavioral Effects of Psychedelics 

Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is a leading expert on the effects of psychedelics. He is an experimental psychologist with expertise on psychoactive drugs and the psychology of addiction and risk behavior. For 20 years he has conducted academic research in psychopharmacology and addictions, and for 14 years he has conducted human research with psychedelics. He has published 100+ articles and chapters, with over a third focused on psychedelics. Matt published safety guidelines for human psychedelic research in 2008, which facilitated safe initiation of psychedelic research at a growing number of universities. He has served as guide for 100+ psychedelic sessions.

Filmed as part of Mapping the Mind: Toronto Psychedelic Science Conference 2019.