Three years ago we started Mind Medicine Australia for a simple reason.
To advocate for your human right to access the highest standard of medicines, health and wellbeing available. Our mission is to expand the treatment options available to doctors and their patients by making psychedelic-assisted therapies accessible for all Australians.
It has been an incredibly challenging journey so far. Nevertheless, this has been the most rewarding and impactful work we’ve ever done, and we couldn’t be prouder of what we’ve achieved over the past 12 months despite the challenges of the pandemic.
- We helped secure $15 million in Federal funding towards novel clinical trials.
- We announced that MMA is part-funding Australia’s largest clinical trial (200 participants) designed to study the brain activity of doctors and therapists after taking psychedelic medicines.
- We collaborated and advocated for the development and launch of the Neuromedicines Discovery Centre at Monash University.
- We’ve partnered with two of Australia’s most respected authorities in altered-state work, Nigel Denning and Dr. Tra-ill Dowie to form the Mind Medicine Institute to train the next generation of integrative therapists.
- We trained nearly 100 therapists through our Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies (CPAT) last year and will train at least 200 in 2022.
- Prof. David Nutt described CPAT, on ABC Radio, as “the best course in the world for educating people about how to use psychedelics.”
- We held the biggest International Summit on Psychedelic Therapies for Mental Illness in the Southern Hemisphere, featuring inspirational sessions with Dr Gabor Maté (USA), Dr Ben Sessa (UK), Prof. Roland Griffiths (USA), Prof. Robin Carhart-Harris (UK), Dr Rick Doblin (USA), Dr Lynn Marie Morski (USA) and dozens of other leaders in the field for over 1000 registrants.
- We held over 80 events with over 15,000 attendees.
- We appeared in over 85 media pieces nationally and internationally.
- We conducted the first ever national Essential Research poll into attitudes towards psychedelic-therapies in Australia, and found out that over 60% of Australians support increased access and utilisation of these medicines in clinical settings.
- Mind Medicine Australia joined in the launch of the International Therapeutic Psilocybin Rescheduling Initiative (ITPRI), a global coalition working to promote and secure a rescheduling of psilocybin under the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
- We launched a world class global webinar series and podcast.
- We launched Australia’s first book of Psychedelic Healing Stories.
- We launched an online shop with unique MMA products.
- We are partnering with leading educational institutes including Monash University, Melbourne University and Swinburne University to advance research and integration of our work into their student base at the post-graduate level.
- Our network has grown to over 35 chapters and 1500 members around the country.
- We have built a core team of incredibly highly skilled and wonderful human beings to help MMA hit all our goals with a positive attitude and a lot of fun along the way… 🙂
Whilst we were never going to please everyone, we have rallied an incredible group of supporters that now number over 35,000 receiving this email.
To all of you, we say THANK YOU. Your support means so much to all of us and especially to all those suffering.
We’re just getting started and we can’t wait to live in a country where everyone has fair access to these incredible treatments.
Warmly,
Tania de Jong AM, Peter Hunt AM and the MMA Team
1. Melbourne Meet-up & Film Screening:
Mind Medicine Australia is thrilled to welcome you to Melbourne’s’ premiere screening of Science vs Stigma. This brilliant new short documentary highlights the progress and outcomes of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The film features excerpts from Mind Medicine’s International Summit as well as hard-hitting interviews with PTSD survivors. Hear from key voices in the field such as Dr. Ben Sessa, Dr. Rick Doblin, Admiral Chris Barrie, and many more.
Following the screening, there will be a Q & A panel with Veteran Michael Raymond, Tania de Jong AM, and Nigel Denning along with drinks and canapés. This will be an opportunity to engage in a discussion about psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies for mental illness broadly, and what Mind Medicine Australia and other local organisations are doing here in Australia.
When: Thu 24th Feb 2022, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm AEDT
Where: MMA HQ – Dimension 5 (Level 1)
1/10 Dorcas St, Southbank, VIC 3006
Who: All welcome
Cost: $30 – $40 (Canapés and Drinks provided)
2. Global Webinar with Prof. David Nutt (tomorrow night)
This webinar will explore the early use of psychedelic plants and fungi, their contribution to human society and science, the revolution of research and clinical treatment in the 1960s they occasioned, their banning at the start of the war on drugs, and their new resurgence with recent research.
Professor David Nutt is a renowned researcher, policy advisor and author. He is currently Head of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London and the Chair of Drug Science.
Under the leadership of Professor Nutt, the Psychedelic Research Group at Imperial College is one of the world’s foremost psychedelic research laboratories, publishing landmark research on psychedelic therapies and neuroimaging studies of the psychedelic state.
Hundreds of people have already RSVP’d for this webinar, and we’d love to see even more of you there as David shares his wisdom:
Mind Medicine Australia, the Australian charity paving the way in psychedelic-assisted therapy, continues its free online Global Webinar Series. World-leading experts are brought straight into your living room for illuminating presentations and conversations about the ground-breaking opportunity psychedelic-assisted therapies offer us in times when all of our mental health and wellbeing is coming under increasing pressure.
This series will start off with:
- WEDS, 16 FEBRUARY 2022 – 7:00pm (AEDT) – Prof. David Nutt (UK): Psychedelic Therapies – From Past to Present
- WEDS, 9 MARCH 2022 – 1:00pm (AEDT) – Alberto Villoldo (USA): The Myth of Eden, Psychedelics, and Shame – Our Original Wound
- WEDS, 6 APRIL 2022 – 7:00pm (AEST) – Kelsey Ramsden (CANADA): The Relationship between Sex & Psychedelics: Connection to Self & Other
- WEDS, 3 MAY 2022 – 1:00pm (AEST) – Spencer Hawkswell (CANADA): Psilocybin for High-Risk populations and the importance of experiential training
- WEDS, 18 MAY 2022 – 7:30pm (AEST) – Dr Michael Winkelman (Brazil): Psychedelics in Human Adaptation and Evolution
- WEDS, 1 JUNE 2022 – 1:00pm (AEST) – Dr Adam Gazzaley (USA): A New Era of Experiential Medicine: Exploring the Interface of Technology, Neuroscience and Psychedelics
- WEDS, 15 JUNE 2022 – 1:00pm (AEST) – Dr Rick Doblin (USA): Psychedelic Renaissance? Update on Research and Progress Around the World
- WEDS, 28 SEPT 2022 – 1:00pm (AEST) – Dr Reid Robison (USA): Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for eating disorders: Growing evidence and future directions
- WEDS, 12 OCT 2022 – 1:00pm (AEDT) – Dr Bessel van der Kolk (USA): Understanding and healing trauma
- WEDS, 26 OCT 2022 – 1:00pm (AEDT) – Dr James Fadiman (USA): All About Microdosing: New Findings & New Uses
and more to be announced shortly…
Find out more and register here
The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast series is hosted by Tommy Moore and brings together world leading scientific researchers, practitioners, other experts and those who have been personally affected by the healing powers of psychedelics together to provide expert opinion, share research, and ultimately help educate.
Enjoy and be educated by over twenty Mind Medicine Australia Podcasts produced to date featuring high profile leaders in the field including Dennis McKenna (USA) Research Pharmacologist, Dr Reid Robison (USA) Psychiatrist and expert in Eating Disorders, Neuroscientist Prof. Karl Friston (UK), Adam Gazzaley (USA), Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and Founder & Executive Director of Neuroscape, Rachel Yehuda (USA) Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience.
Our Chapters are a place for community gathering and sharing in relation to psychedelic science and medicine. By joining a Chapter, you will be helping to build local awareness through a range of events and share the incredible data and science of psychedelic-assisted therapies for the treatment of a range of illnesses.
These events help us to reconnect, educate and engage. They provide an opportunity to hear about psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies for mental illness broadly, what Mind Medicine Australia is doing to create the ecosystem for these treatments here in Australia and how you can help.
Our chapters have now grown to over 30 nationally and thousands of engaged members.
- Course 5 & 6: Sunday 17 July – Sunday 13 November 2022 (Spots filling up fast.)
Please see upcoming intake dates HERE and enrol today.
We’ve brought on Dr Tra-ill Dowie and Nigel Denning, the heads of our CPAT program to help you understand the history, science and future of psychedelic medicines.
This course is open to anyone with an interest in the topic.
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By donating to Mind Medicine Australia, you will be helping us to accelerate the availability and best practice of medicine-assisted psychotherapy in Australia. We are a small organisation doing big things – we need your support.
Please make a tax-deductible donation
- Spread the word to your friends, colleagues and networks about the potential of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies.
- Share our 2-minute Animation about psychedelic-assisted therapy far and wide!
- Download important documents about the state of mental health in Australia and Mind Medicine Australia HERE including our 2-page Mind Medicine Australia fact sheet and our Frequently Asked Questions.
- Keep up to date with the latest news about Psychedelic Medicine by accessing information from Mind Medicine’s website and subscribing to our regular newsletter, click HERE and scroll down to subscribe.
- See the progress we have made in Mind Medicine Australia’s Annual Review: ‘Our First Two Years Review 2019-2021‘.
- Register for and attend our Global webinar series.
- Subscribe to the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast series.
- Donate to Mind Medicine Australia to support Psychedelic Research, Public Education and Therapist Training programs.
- Join our Chapters and advocacy network around Australia and NZ.
- Reach out to your local politicians and MPs. Here is a link with more details on how to contact senators and members of parliament.
- Complete the Fundamentals in PAT Online course
- Submit your application for our Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies.
- Contact our national Psychological Support Service for psychological and integration support.
- Purchase the first Australian book of true stories which reinforces the life-changing and life-saving impact of psychedelic-assisted therapies for a range of mental illnesses and addictions.
- Purchase our range of unique merchandise and show your support.
- Volunteer to work with Mind Medicine Australia. We are a small organisation doing big things. If you feel you have the skills and time to lend us a hand…please get in touch.
