Microdosing LSD & Psilocybin: The Future of Psychiatry or Placebo?
Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast
David J Puder
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2023
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
The idea of using psychedelics to treat psychiatric symptoms has been approaching mainstream popularity thanks to podcasters like Joe Rogan, Tim Ferris, and Sam Harris. As interest in these substances continues to grow, so does the size of the online communities centered around this topic. While there is undoubtedly value in recognizing some of the claims being made about microdosing, it’s important to recognize where the literature currently stands and to identify where there are gaps in understanding. In this episode, Dr. David Puder and Liam Browning discuss the state of Microdosing in current research.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:14.8 | I am joined today with soon to be Dr. Liam Browning. |
| 0:19.5 | He did an excellent job summarizing and working with me on this episode on microdosing LSD |
| 0:25.4 | and psilocybin. |
| 0:27.5 | We will be looking at the current state of the science and microdosing being one-tenth |
| 0:34.5 | to one-twentyth of a normal, maybe singular dose, and so today we are going to be talking |
| 0:41.1 | about what is going on in pop culture, what are they saying, what are we hearing on different |
| 0:49.8 | sort of podcasts from other people, what is some of the history of it, what are some |
| 0:56.2 | of the early studies, and then what are some of the newer studies, and, you know, it's |
| 1:02.8 | funny where I was running some of these questions through chat GPT, and I was, Liam, you have |
| 1:12.7 | done such, you have beat chat GPT by far in this summary. |
| 1:18.8 | If anyone goes to our website, psychiatrypodcast.com, you can see this for free. |
| 1:22.7 | All of our literatures for free, every episode has an article, and you're a listener, is |
| 1:28.3 | that correct? |
| 1:29.3 | Yeah, that's right. |
| 1:30.3 | Thanks for the show. |
| 1:32.3 | What kind of episodes have you enjoyed prior, like what's your genre that you're interested |
| 1:37.7 | in? |
| 1:38.7 | Well, I'm interested in practicing psychotherapy, I wanted to become a psychiatrist, so hearing |
| 1:44.7 | some of the episodes about like transference, that was pretty interesting, and pretty much |
| 1:49.8 | any psychotherapy related podcast, I'm really listening intently and so. |
| 1:55.1 | Awesome. |
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