The state of psychedelics: Dr. Rachel Yehuda and Zach Haigney (live recording at Soho House)
Business Trip, a podcast about psychedelic entrepreneurship
Welcome back to Business Trip, a podcast about psychedelic entrepreneurship! 🍄
In this week’s special episode, Matias chats with Dr. Rachel Yehuda and Zach Haigney at Soho House in New York City. The episode was recorded in front of a live audience. Dr. Yehuda has spent the last 30 years doing research on PTSD and trauma and is leading the MDMA-assisted therapy research at the US Veterans Affairs Medical Center and serves as Director at the Mental Health at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center. She is also the Director of the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. Zach Haigney writes the Trip Report by Beckley Waves, a newsletter about the science, policy, and business of psychedelics.
In this episode, we discuss:
How Dr. Yehuda and Zach Haigney entered the field of psychedelics
MDMA-assisted therapy, PTSD, and how trauma is the root of many psychiatric disorders
Unanswered questions and challenges in the rollout of psychedelic medicine
Listen to the episode here, on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
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About Us
Business Trip tells the story of the emerging industry of psychedelics. Each episode features a new company in the field, ranging from biotech startups developing novel compounds, to clinics and retreats for healing, to software companies building tools to power the ecosystem.
Business Trip is produced by Greg Kubin and Matias Serebrinsky — we’re partners at PsyMed Ventures, advocates of the healing powers of psychedelic medicine and see a bright future ahead for the industry.
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