About the name: "Psychedemia" is an amalgam of "psychedelic" and "academia". Eleusis, famed for its psychedelically-implicated Mysteries, was one such demos.
2012 Psychedelic Culture Conference at the University of Pennsylvania: Integrating Psychedelics into Academia
2022 Psychedemia Conference at The Ohio State University "Psychedelic", coined by Humphry Osmond in 1957, itself derives from "psyche" (mind) and "delos" (manifest) to suggest the "mind manifesting" qualities of certain psychoactive plants and chemicals. "Academia" comes from the Akademeia
02/01/2023
Check out this great travel grant program from our friends at Source Research Foundation!
2023 Travel Grant Program — Source Research Foundation 2023 Travel Grant Applications There will be five different application cycles throughout 2023 for five different conferences. Funding will be available for:Breaking Convention 2023 - Applications open on February 1st and close on February 24th. Applicants will be given notice by March 20th.Psychede...
01/30/2023
Do you suffer from PTSD? Are you a US Military Veteran?
Researchers at The Ohio State University are conducting an innovative new study looking at the effect of the psychedelic drug, psilocybin, in the treatment of Veterans with PTSD. The study requires a lengthy time commitment, and because of this, volunteers must live within commuting distance from Columbus, OH.
If you are interested and believe you might qualify, please consider completing the electronic screening survey below:
https://redcap.link/ptsdpsilocybin
10/11/2022
All of the Psychedemia 2022 sessions are now available for purchase online! Check out our website for more information: https://www.psychedemiaconference.org/new-page-1
10/07/2022
08/12/2022
Students (et al.) Mycelial Mixer: The Unofficial Psychedemia Afterparty Attending Psychedemia 2022? Join us for an evening of music, dancing, trivia, comedy, storytelling, and best of all, connection & community!
08/05/2022
08/05/2022
We are less than a week away from Psychedemia 2022 and we cant wait to see you! Our Friday schedule includes a welcome reception from 6:30-9:30pm.
If you haven't gotten your ticket yet, both in-person and livestream tickets are still available!
https://psychedemiaconference.org/
07/14/2022
The full conference schedule is now available! Check it out here:
Speakers Keynote Speakers There will be two keynote speakers for both Saturday the 13th and Sunday the 14th. Presentations will happen in the morning and afternoon each day. Alicia Danforth Alicia Danforth, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychedelics researcher. She began working in research with psyche...
07/12/2022
We are just one month away from Psychedemia 2022! Be sure to get your tickets, both in-person and virtual options are still available. Find tickets here: https://psychedemiaconference.org/
07/11/2022
We are very pleased to announce Yarelix Estrada as our fourth keynote speaker!
Yarelix Estrada, MSPH, is a first-generation Central American, drug policy and harm reduction researcher, advocate, and community outreach worker. Yarelix works as a City Research Scientist with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducting community-based substance use harm reduction outreach and research. Her work is currently largely focused on implementation of the first higher-technology drug checking research study in New York City with local syringe service programs and overdose prevention centers. Yarelix is passionate about supporting people throughout the full continuum of drug use, from use for pleasure and healing to overdose prevention. She is dedicated to improving the quality of care for people who use drugs and historically oppressed communities by working to understand the intersectionality between health policy and the societal factors that impact the lives of people who use drugs. She is the director of the New York City Psychedelic Society, is on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Recovery Alliance, the Board of Directors for the Source Research Foundation, on the Advisory Board of the psychedelic media group Psymposia and is an organizer with the Urban Survivors Union and the Alliance for Collaborative Drug Checking. She received her Master of Science in Public Health in Health Policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Be sure to join us in Columbus this summer and don't miss this amazing keynote speaker lineup!
https://psychedemiaconference.org/speakers/
07/05/2022
Interested in volunteering at Psychedemia? Applications to volunteer are open! Apply here:
Apply to Volunteer Volunteer If you would like to volunteer at Psychedemia, please fill out the volunteer application by clicking the link below. Applications are due by July 8th and decisions will be made by July 12th. Apply to Volunteer
07/01/2022
Joining us this summer is the team from the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics.
Combining scientific research, training, and public education, the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics (BCSP) is a new interdisciplinary initiative to explore the psychological and biological effects of psychedelic compounds as well as their spiritual and cultural roles. The BCSP: 1) Investigates short- and long-term effects of psychedelics on human cognition, perception, and emotion; 2) Assists in the training of practitioners to support the use of these medicines in culturally appropriate, spiritually significant, and medically safe ways; and 3) Offers authoritative, evidence-based, and culturally inclusive journalism about the field through a public education initiative housed at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Don't miss the great assembly of psychedelic centers this summer. Register for Psychedemia today!