Cancer Anxiety Study with Psilocybin in Baltimore

Hi All,

This is not my study, and I'm not trying to recruit or contact anyone directly. Just want to get the word out that this research is going on:

This is just a quick reminder that the cancer anxiety study with psilocybin at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore is still recruiting participants.

- This is a legitimate study.
- Participants need to be able to travel to Baltimore several times.
- The study budget does not cover travel expenses as this time.
- A cancer diagnosis is required

Here's some information from the study's Web site:

We are seeking volunteers with a diagnosis of cancer to participate in a scientific study of states of consciousness brought about by psilocybin, and their impact on psychological distress and spirituality.

The study is conducted in a comfortable and supportive setting, Volunteers enrolled in the study will receive careful preparation and two sessions in which they will receive psilocybin. Structured and professional guidance will be provided during the session and afterwards to facilitate integration of the experiences.

After each session, questionnaires and interviews will be used to assess the effects of the psilocybin on consciousness, mood, and behavior

If you have questions, please contact:

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Bayview Medical Center
5510 Nathan Shock Drive
Baltimore, MD 21224-6823

Telephone: 410-550-5990
E-Mail: Cancer@bpru.org
www.cancer-insight.org

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Mycelially Yours,
Aylish

 

Did 10 seconds of research. Seems legit.

 

You can check the study out on www.clinicaltrials.gov . The principal investigator will appear on a program called Inside LSD on the National Geographic Channel tomorrow (11/3 @ 10:00 p.m.) I'm in it too in the segment about psilocybin research at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

 

i think this is backed by MAPS ( http://www.maps.org/ )

it's nice to see some research going into these chemicals.

 

what does cancer have to do with this study exactly? Are you suggesting that psiliocybin causes or cures cancer?

 

read first post -----short answer no---not being sarcastic--just pointing you to your answer

 

Great to see someone taking these meds seriously,I think that psilocybin would really be a help to people suffering from all different forms of anxiety,but cancer patients would benefit alot.

 

might be a little off topic----but i was strung out on coke one time did it daily and couldnt break the habit---got some shrooms ate some came down ate some more tripped about 24 hrs just kept eating shrooms every 4 hrs after that trip just like that i was no longer addicted to the caine---the possibilities of psychedelics need research and could benefit mankind--really glad to see research being done-a hopeful sign for the future Peace

 

i agree.

reminds me of a friend of mine who learned all sorts of brainwave relaxation techniques when he was young, because he had a lot of surgeries, and so he used to have all these exercises where he'd actually look at his brainwaves and practice self regulation techs. he benefited SO much from that.

i feel like that kind of thing would be good for a lot of people, even if they are "healthy", you know?

 

Yes,psilocybin taken in very small amounts can do much good,just enough to take the edge off but not actually trip would do wonders to a persons mind set. Definitly worth investigating.

 

Actually, our study in LA and the cancer anxiety studies at Johns Hopkins and NYU are all fully or partially funded by the Heffter Research Institute: http://www.heffter.org/

You bring up a good point that nearly all of the active research with psychedelics is privately funded. If the visitors to the Hip Forum want to donate to organizations such as Heffter, MAPS, and Erowid, their Web sites make it easy to become members and contribute. I think it's possible to designate which study you'd like your donation to support in some cases.

 

I'm not sure if you've found your answer though other sources yet, but I'll jump in with a quick explanation. For the LA study, I was always careful to confirm that the participants understood that we were investigating psilocybin as a way to treat anxiety related to serious illness. We were looking at existential issues, and we were super clear that we were not trying to treat cancer with psilocybin. Each participant filled out multiple instruments (surveys) to see if their anxiety, depression, or attitudes about pain were influenenced by psilocybing treatment. We're in the process of getting our findings paper published, and I can say that the outcomes were good.