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PhD candidate investigating psychedelics & addiction. Science Communicator via @brainsciencepod . Mental health advocate. Queer, She/Her. Opinions all my own 🤡
Aug 2, 2022 17 tweets 4 min read
Time for another #sciencetwitter journal club! Today's paper: #Microdosing with #psilocybin #mushrooms: a double-blind placebo-controlled study by Cavanna et al 2022! Hot off the presses!

nature.com/articles/s4139… This study has:

34 participants, about half of which had previous experience with psychedelics

Randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled, within-subjects design

0.5. g psilocybin mushroom in capsule and edible, non-psychedelic mushroom as placebo
Jul 30, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Re-sharing the survey I made to assess the needs of those who have experienced SUDs or addiction-related issues. The goal is to get 100 participants to see what has been helpful interventions and how we can better inform clinical/preclinical research!
redcap.vcu.edu/surveys/?s=L4R… If you work with patients, are someone who has struggled with addiction yourself, or knows someone who would be willing to participate please share the link with them! It's completely anonymous and IRB approved 😀 We have 50 participants so far and need 50 more by December!