@fredemag

Oxford Psychiatrist | Clinical Research Fellow with Imperial Centre for Psychedelic Research| Psilocybin-assisted therapy for anorexia

Joined October 2014
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Neuroscience as street art.
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Proud of this effort and team. We can find real hope in these results.
Dr. Hannah Douglass@hannahmdouglassJul 8
cambridge.org/core/journals/… 1/ I am incredibly excited to share the first publication from my PhD. Here we report the clinical findings from our pilot study of psilocybin therapy for adult females with anorexia nervosa.

Psilocybin therapy for adult females with anorexia nervosa: pilot study | The British Journal of...

Psilocybin therapy for adult females with anorexia nervosa: pilot study

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Amnesty International USA
@amnestyusaJul 7
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This study was a big part of my (our) life in the early 2020s; So nice to see it out in the yellow journal. A strong case for further studies and I hope a significant boost to compassionate use legislation in UK, Portugal and elsewhere.
Robin Carhart-Harris
@RCarhartHarrisJul 7
Watch out for a very significant new paper on psilocybin therapy for anorexia publishing tomorrow....
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Miguel Dantas
@MikeD9605Jun 22
As a Portuguese, it feels almost unpatriotic to say it, but Cristiano Ronaldo shouldn't be a starter for the national team anymore. The country will forever owe a debt of gratitude for what he achieved, but the future can't be postponed forever. Full opinion for @guardian here 👇
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Brendan Cox@MrBrendanCoxJun 21
An absolutely awful attack- but totally predictable. You’ll now see people who have driven hatred of Muslims condemn the attack & feign surprise at how such a thing could happened. But if you create an atmosphere of hate you share responsibility bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2x…

Man charged after suspected anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh

Two people were injured close to a mosque and a man was later seen battering the door of a pizzeria as members of the public run away.

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Nicholas Fabiano, MD
@NTFabianoJun 21
A one hour walk in nature increases a core region in the brain for inhibiting stress. Nature is neuroplasticity.
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Danilo bringing Lacan/Winnicott was not in my world cup predictions
CHOQUEI
@choqueiJun 19
🚨ASSISTA: Danilo, jogador da Seleção Brasileira, deu um show ao falar sobre psicologia e disse que pretende seguir a carreira de psicanalista quando deixar o futebol.
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Adam Hunt
@RealAdamHuntMay 7
🚨Just published in the British Journal of Psychiatry!🚨 Evolutionary explanations of anxiety rated as 5x more useful for patients and 3x more useful for clinicians than genetic explanations of anxiety! Our paper is the largest RCT of evolutionary explanations to date!
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leafie@teamleafieMar 6
Oxford University researchers found no evidence that cannabis use accelerates cognitive decline or increases dementia risk in later life, according to the largest study of its kind. leafie.co.uk/news/cannabis-n…

Cannabis use not linked to cognitive decline or dementia in older adults, study finds - leafie

Oxford University researchers found no evidence that cannabis use accelerates cognitive decline or increases dementia risk in later life, according to the largest study of its kind.

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Lobo Antunes. A man with a deep soul and a beautiful, sad tenderness. He was a psychiatrist, before writing took over. Journalist: "you learned to unravel the human mind..." "Do psychiatrists understand the human mind? No it is life that teaches us to understand each other"
Comunidade Cultura e Arte@comculturaearteMar 5
António Lobo Antunes🤍
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Great article on Medical Cannabis and Epilepsy: The Evidence | British Journal of Hospital Medicine magonlinelibrary.com/doi/ful…

Medical Cannabis and Epilepsy: The Evidence | British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Epilepsy is a serious neurological condition that can affect individuals of all ages. Treatment is far from perfect, and roughly 30% of patients can experience seizures that are resistant to antise...

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sami timimi@stimimi24 Nov 2025
About a quarter of “healthy” young adults think they have ADHD (28%), according to new research. But that number jumped to more than half (58%) after they received an ADHD awareness campaign based on popular ADHD advocacy groups’ material. worrying? bit.ly/48gFZNK

Inform and do no harm: Nocebo education reduces false self-diagnosis caused by mental health...

Inform and do no harm: Nocebo education reduces false self-diagnosis caused by mental health awareness - Volume 55

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All self-help in the literature section. No time for stories, you need to be improving yourself. Maybe "self-help" sections should be replaced with "help your neighbour" sections and then we wouldn't need them as much.
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Alan Watts
@AlanWattsDaily4 Jul 2025
In Hinduism, god is considered the Self: the self of the individual and also the self of the universe. And if Jesus had lived in India and had announced that he was god, everybody would have said, “Of course. Congratulations! You found out.” You know?
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Zarah Sultana MP
@zarahsultana5 Jul 2025
27 people — including a priest, professor and health workers — were arrested today under terrorism laws. Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide. This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
Defend Our Juries@DefendOurJuries5 Jul 2025
BREAKING: 27 Arrested underneath Gandhi statue in Parliament Sq for alleged supporting of a proscribed organisation. The group of 27 people, including a priest, an Emeritus Professor and a number of health professionals. Full Press Release: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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Bob Vylan@BobbyVylan1 Jul 2025
Silence is not an option.
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"The silence of so many of our medical institutions in the face of this genocide reflects a profound failure to uphold the ethical principles these institutions claim to espouse and seek to instil in their members." @rcpsych thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Genocide in Gaza: moral and ethical failures of medical institutions

In March, 2024, Safiyyah Abbas and Lucy Mitchell1 highlighted the atrocities unfolding in Gaza and the failure of Australian medical institutions to mount a meaningful protest. Since then, the...

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A thoughtful article about the process of therapy, what it is and isn't
James Davies 💭@JDaviesPhD17 Jun 2025
“What I wanted was to manage myself out of my emotions rather than feel them, to hack my life rather than live it – and that makes for a shallower existence, not a better one”. On what constitutes proper therapy 👇 theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

Therapy isn’t about life hacks. The best solutions are simpler – and more complex

What we want is quick, clever fixes. What we need is quite different: the ability to tolerate intolerable feelings, to sustainably change and grow

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Are you a UK-based psychiatrist and a humanitarian? Please review, sign and share this petition: Petition to the RCPsych – Urgent Call to Action on the Gaza Humanitarian Crisis sprw.io/stt--0ojV UKMPRC initiative (UK Medics Petitions to Royal Colleges for Gaza).
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