In this episode you will meet Tehseen Noorani who is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical & Community Psychology and Anthropology at the University of East London. Noorani is furthermore a contributor to the psychedelic community in a wide variety of ways.
He was for example a co-investigator on the Johns Hopkins psilocybin for smoking-cessation study. He co-organized the free online psychedelic conference Psychedelic, Madness & Awakening which is still freely available. He has written defining papers detailing the processes of medicalizing psychedelic substances, and he is often cited for his original critical analyses. At present, Noorani is writing a monograph tracing the renewed scientific and therapeutic interest in psychedelic experiences in the global North, exploring implications for theories of psychopathology and approaches to mental health care. Weaving together scientific, medical, spiritual and aesthetic registers, this research is situated in the context of medicalisation and the ongoing ‘war on drugs’. The vantage point for this conversation is Noorani’s presentation at ICPR where he charted and envisioned methods for more rigorous psychedelic drug trial designs that better account for context.
We hope that you will enjoy the conversation!
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Host: Kevin Mikkelsen
Production: Heine Volder
Music: Victor Lange
This podcast was made in a collaboration between Regnfang and Cepda - the Danish Center for Psychedelic Awareness.
The music in the podcast was made by Victor Lange.
Thank you to the Open Foundation for organizing and funding the ICPR conference and for providing us a quiet space during the conference for doing the podcast recordings.
Illustrations by Lizette Rosager