Psykedeelinäkymiä 2018 – MDMA and psilocybin assisted therapy

All-day symposium on Saturday, May 12th 2018:
Psykedeelinäkymiä 2018 – MDMA and psilocybin assisted therapy

Research on the therapeutic potential and mechanisms of action of psychedelics is increasing steadily. In Finland, too, the first studies on the therapeutic effects of psilocybin are under preparation, and there’s professional interest in psychedelics across the fields of medicine, psychology, and the social sciences.

The Finnish Association for Psychedelic Research (Psykedeelitutkimusyhdistys ry, Psyty) is organizing an all-day symposium on psychedelic research. Psykedeelinäkymiä 2018 will be held in Helsinki on Saturday, May 12th, at the Balderin sali venue near Senaatintori.

The theme of the event is MDMA and psilocybin assisted therapy.

The event will feature psychiatrist Ben Sessa, MD, from the UK, and Kim Kuypers, PhD, and Natasha Mason, MSc, from the Netherlands. The event is a follow-up to Psykedeelinäkymiä 2017, where two notable researchers, Robin Carhart-Harris, PhD, and Jordi Riba, PhD, lectured on the therapeutic potential of psychedelics and the results of recent brain imaging studies.

Schedule:

09:45 Doors open
10:15 Riikka Suutari (Psyty): Introduction to the use of psilocybin and MDMA in a therapeutic context
11:00 Ben Sessa: Child abuse, trauma, addictions and MDMA therapy: Have we finally found psychiatry’s new antibiotics?
12:00 Lunch break
13:30 Kim Kuypers: Neurobiological mechanisms underlying the prosocial effects of MDMA
14:30 Natasha Mason: Psychedelics & cognitive flexibility: Therapeutic implications
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Panel discussion
17:00 Free conversation
18:00 Doors close

There will also be a panel discussion including all the speakers. The lectures and panel discussion will be held in English. In addition to the lectures, vice president of Psyty, psychologist Riikka Suutari will present a brief introduction to the theme of the event (likely in Finnish). The event is presented by president of Psyty, psychologist Samuli Kangaslampi. We’ll also have poster presentations on academic theses on psychedelics.

The event will be held in Balderin sali, Aleksanterinkatu 12, Helsinki.
Doors open at 9:45am. The last session ends at 5:00pm and doors close at 6:00pm.
The cafeteria will be open and in addition to coffee breaks, there will be a longer lunch break.

Tickets 40/50e (presale/door). Presale tickets are available from our online store!
Members of Psykedeelitutkimusyhdistys ry and our Swedish sister organization Nätverket för Psykedelisk Vetenskap (NPV) get a discount of 10 euros.