1.7 - Peter Hunt AM: The Context For Psychedelic Medicine
Mar 15, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 7
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Episode description
Peter Hunt AM is a Social Entrepreneur, Investor and Engaged Philanthropist, Founder Greenhill Australia, Women's Commnity Shelters and Mind Medicine Australia.
In this episode:
- Stats on mental illness in Australia
- Psilocybin and MDMA - psychological phenomena and scientific evidence
- Antidepressants / SSRIs and common pharmaceutical treatments
- Reinforcement of mental illness through diagnosis
- Destigmatizing drugs and the word "drug"
- The context of psychedelic psychotherapy including its set and setting
- How drug legislation works
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