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SoundMind response to COVID-19 and Solidarity Series

We are offering free educational content about wellness and healing as part of our Solidarity Series initiative. We are also currently raising funds to provide free and sliding scale therapy to frontline healthcare providers and essential workers affected by COVID-19. Spaces will be limited to available funding. Please consider donating to our effort.

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PTSD and Psychedelics in the age of COVID-19: An Ethical Framework for Inclusivity

During this COVID crisis, we are faced with a real life bioethics challenge, and we have been contemplating how we can best support our community through the difficult times ahead. To provide some insight into how we are thinking about this issue, we are sharing the presentation Michelle Joy and Hannah McLane gave last summer at the SOAP Conference in Pittsburgh.

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Can magic mushrooms and LSD treat depression and anxiety? Scientists are optimistic.

SoundMind Center is mentioned in our local media, the Philadelphia Inquirer. This article discusses the potential of psychedelics, specifically psilocybin and LSD, in the medical setting and notes the progress of the MDMA clinical trials for PTSD: "Upon FDA approval, the SoundMind Center, based in West Philly, will open a clinic in Cedar Park offering MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to populations with higher rates of PTSD." We are committed to quality care and access to these therapies and will be ready to provide psilocybin and LSD assisted therapy once legally available for medical use.

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How researchers and advocates of color are forging their own paths in psychedelic-assisted therapy

Aisha Mohammed, a therapist at SoundMind, is quoted in this great piece on the importance of providing access to psychedelic therapies for people of color with PTSD, and others who have been targeted by the War on Drugs. We are so proud of our team who is leading the charge in Philadelphia to bring these incredible therapies into the mainstream, and specifically to the marginalized communities that need and deserve them most.

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A 2019 Year-End Message from the SoundMind Team

We hope your holidays are merry and you've been spending your days contemplating how amazing it would be if everyone with trauma and mental illness could have access to psychedelic therapies! As 2019 comes to a close, we want to remind you that you can make your tax-deductible donation to SoundMind Project up until midnight.

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Highlights from the Sleeping Octopus Assembly on Psychedelics

On September 27-29, members of the SoundMind team joined MAPS and the Pittsburgh Psychedelic Society for the Sleeping Octopus Assembly on Psychedelics (SOAP), an annual conference exploring the role of psychedelics in science, medicine, policy, and culture. The event, hosted at a historic mansion in Pittsburgh, PA, featured presentations, panels, and “tentacle” breakout sessions with experts and advocates working to advance psychedelic science, including SoundMind’s own Dr. Hannah McLane, and Dr. Michelle Joy!

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SoundMind Bulletin 002 • September 2019

Things are progressing here in the world of the SoundMind Center over the past month. Logistically and philosophically, we have been growing, and we are excited to share some of that with you - so check out some of the items below and we hope to see you either in Pittsburgh or somewhere, sometime, in the near future!

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Reflections on Psychedelic Medicine and Cultural Trauma

We would like to share some of the things we learned at the Psychedelic Medicine and Cultural Trauma workshop in Kentucky, which our entire six-person therapy team attended on August 10–11th. It was an incredible learning and collaborative experience! The workshop was jam-packed with thought-provoking presentations and heartfelt sharing of personal narratives.

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Sleeping Octopus Assembly on Psychedelics

Sleeping Octopus Assembly on Psychedelics is Sept 27-29th in Pittsburgh. It is a fun and relaxed conference, a nice mix of healthcare workers, psychedelic scientists, artists, philosophers, and enthusiasts. The lineup includes visionaries such as Rick Doblin, the founder of MAPS, and we are honored to announce that Hannah McLane and Michelle Joy will be giving a talk on ethics and access to innovative therapies for trauma. They will also be joining Rick Doblin and a few others for a panel discussion on Saturday afternoon. We hope to see you there!

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SoundMind Bulletin 001 • August 2019

Many updates and dates to remember! Thanks for coming to our fundraiser; An update about expanded access; Reminder about the Psychedelic Medicine and Cultural Trauma workshop next week; Local gatherings and conferences for psychedelic medicine; some other events and upcoming projects From the SoundMind Center development team.

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Psychedelic Medicine and Cultural Trauma workshop

Our whole therapy team (Michelle Joy, Aisha Mohammed, Jennifer Jones, Bob Sher, and Hannah McLane) plus our community organizer (Ayele Ajavon) are heading to Kentucky next week (Aug 10-11) for a Psychedelic Medicine and Cultural Trauma workshop. The speaker lineup and topics are incredible.

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Expanded Access Update

As many of you know, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is working toward FDA approval for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to be treated with MDMA through Expanded Access. MDMA has already passed Phase I (safety and dosage) and Phase II (efficacy and side effects) clinical research trials. In Phase III, they are further evaluating efficacy and safety.

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An Update on Expanded Access in The Philly Voice

SoundMind center was mentioned in the Philly Voice and our founder, Dr. Hannah McLane, was quoted: “She said people of color often face ongoing traumas caused by racial injustices and neighborhood violence – in addition to potentially having a main index trauma. ‘This leads to higher rates of PTSD in communities of color and this can also be more difficult to treat due to the ongoing nature of it,’ McLane said in an email. ‘We want to make sure to put significant resources towards addressing this inequality, as higher rates of PTSD in the population can cause ripple effects that serve to worsen the already unequal and unjust system.’”

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We are Looking for a Community Organizer

We are currently looking for a part-time community organizer for this clinic, with a preference for people living in West Philly and identifying as POC, LGBTQ+, or other marginalized group – or someone who has had significant experience community organizing experience with these groups.

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An MDMA Clinic for West Philly

This is exciting news! If you’ve been following the story, there have been huge advancements lately in the effort to establish MDMA assisted psychotherapy as a safe, legal, and effective treatment for PTSD.

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