About Matthew Johnson:Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D., is The Susan Hill Ward Endowed Professor of Psychedelics and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins. Working with psychedelics since 2004,
he is one of the world’s most widely published experts on psychedelics . He has published research on psychedelics and mystical experience, personality change, tobacco smoking cessation, cancer distress treatment, and depression treatment. In 2021 he received as principal investigator the first grant in 50 years from the US government for a treatment study with a classic psychedelic, specifically psilocybin in treatment of tobacco addiction. He is also known for his expertise in behavioral economics, addiction, sexual risk behavior, and research with a wide variety of drug classes. He’s been Interviewed by Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, NPR, Fox News, Fox Business News, BBC and in Michael Pollan’s book How to Change Your Mind.
Humans have been consuming psychedelic substances for millennia, but only in the past century have we made significant progress in understanding how they affect the brain and our psychology.
We have learned, for example, that psychedelic drugs like psilocybin, LSD, and DMT cause psychedelic experiences primarily by affecting a particular type of serotonin receptor, while other drugs like ketamine and PCP primarily affect the glutamate system.
But there remain open questions about how these biological effects contribute to profound psychological changes in people who take psychedelics. One answer seems to center on how the drugs spark communication between different brain regions. What’s more, psychedelics seem to encourage greater neuroplasticity, meaning the brain becomes primed to learn new things in the wake of a psychedelic experience.
VIDEO IMO we have only just opened the book on this Clarion Clinics venture.
The Preface page is interesting reading so far.
Incannex is launching this venture with very lofty ambitions, as it does with each development pipeline.
The appointments this past week to the advisory board are "Risk Mitigation" to a World First (on a National level and excluding Ketamine) launch of Psychedelics Clinics.
For the sake of millions of people around the world suffering from PTSD and TRD, Clarion Clinics must be successful.
Joel Latham, IHL Managing Director and CEO, said: “When people with the global reputations of Bill, Matthew and Andrea wish to help shape your venture, you know you’ve hit on something special; something
which could help improve the lives of millions of people around the world .”
This venture starting in Australia is only the first chapter in my opinion.
GLAH have a great weekend.
