What's the story behind psychedelics? | An uncensored discussion at the Onassis Channel on YouTube

Online premiere: 11.06.2024 at 20:00 UTC +3

Psychologists, psychotherapists, pharmacologists, sociologists, philosophers, anthropologists, and artists attempt to provide answers and raise new questions around psychedelics, mushrooms and mental health. The new episode of the "Society Uncensored" series premieres at the Onassis Channel on YouTube.

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What is the state of psychedelics today? Are they safe? What dangers does their use present? How did we get from myths about "dragons" and "flying men from the rooftops" to academic research into anxiety, depression, and trauma treatments? How does a "means" of communicating with the spirit world turn into a corporate trick meant to boost creativity—microdosing? Is it reasonable to think that if there are larger communities of "psychonauts," the world will be a better place in an era that values the individual?

In a debate that is more topical than ever, psychologists, psychotherapists, pharmacologists, sociologists, philosophers, anthropologists, and artists will attempt to provide answers and raise new questions.

Speakers

Christina Dalla, Professor of Pharmacology at the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Leandros Kyriakopoulos, Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Athens, Greece

Dimitris Papaioannou, Creative director, and music specialist for _&Beyond

Maria Schiza, former Scientific Director of the Family Department of the Addiction Unit 18 Ano/Psychiatric Hospital of Attica, Psychoanalyst at the Hellenic Psychoanalytical Society

Lara Tambacopoulou, Psychic and Systemic Development Counsellor

Yannis Takousis, co-founder of the Greek Psychedelic Society

Moderated by Stavros Dioskouridis.

Curated by: Stavros Dioskouridis, Pasqua Vorgia, Dimitris Theodoropoulos

PARTICIPANTS IN THE VIDEOS OF THE DISCUSSION (A-Z)

  • Eleana Baskouta, Anthropologist, Executive Director of the Greek Psychedelic Society
  • Anthony Bossis, Professor of Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine
  • Simon Critchley, Philosopher, Writer
  • Dr. Gabor Maté, Addiction Expert, Speaker, Best-Selling Author

I am very interested in music. And the history of music is the history of drugs. Always have been.

Simon Critchley, Philosopher, Writer

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