International Keynote: Professor David Nutt

Mind Medicine Australia is delighted to present an international public lecture featuring Professor David Nutt, Head of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London, live in person.

This special event will feature a keynote by Professor Nutt titled ‘Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies: The History, Neuroscience and Myths’ followed by a Q & A panel. 

Professor Nutt will explain:

• The historic origins of psychedelic use, the rise of psychedelic therapy in psychiatry in the 1950s/60s and how this was destroyed by the War on Drugs
• The new science of psychedelics in terms of brain activity that initiated trials in people with mental illness
• The remarkable clinical outcomes from just one or two psychedelic treatments in conditions such as depression, trauma and addiction
• How brain imaging studies have revealed the mechanisms by which psychedelics can produce such profound and enduring effects
• What Australians can do to advance access to these breakthrough therapies