In mid-June of this year, the director of the Expio center Wladyslaw Matrenytskyi took part in an international seminar in Warsaw, which was organized by the European Alliance for Psychedelic Access and Research (PAREA) in cooperation with the Open Society Foundation, the International Renaissance Foundation, the Helsinki Human Rights Foundation and the Ukrainian Association psychedelic research.
The main goal of the workshop was to develop a common situational understanding and program
advocacy, as well as providing tools and expertise to support Ukraine in expanding access
to psychedelic therapy for people with post-traumatic stress disorder associated with
by war
Vladyslav Matrenytsky gave a report on the use of ketamine psychedelic therapy in the treatment of Ukrainian civilians and veterans with mental health disorders.
The following also spoke at the seminar:
– Oleg Orlov, head of the Ukrainian Psychedelic Research Association (UPRA)
- Bella Ben-Gershon, Director of the Mental Trauma Department of the Ministry of Health
Israel
- Renowned researcher David Nutt, Imperial College London
– Rick Doblin, founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
– Erik Vermetten, Military Mental Health Service of the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands,
Leiden University
- Olga Chernoloz, University of Toronto and the Phoenix project - Ukraine
and others.
Collaborative conversation with Rick Doblin
A discussion of scientific research with David Nutt