Dr. Alaina Jaster is joined by child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. David Sjöström who is at the University Hospital in Lund, Sweden. He is a current PhD candidate studying adolescent use of psychedelics and perceived effects on wellbeing.

They discuss a variety of projects Sjöström is involved in including:

• Clinical trial exploring the effects of psilocybin in young adults (ages 16–35) with anorexia nervosa which was just recently received full approval.

• psiTWIN, a twin study examining how age, personality, set/setting, and the quality of the acute psychedelic experience influence outcomes
• PhD project assessing psychedelic experiences in adolescents in Sweden and Brazil

For access to the papers referenced in this episode: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LNNKtTgDjLQNohKSKGHmwPb0PRxRD7oR?usp=sharing

PsyChild Database: https://www.psychild.info/