Mind & Mood
The two words that decide whether a session heals or harms — and how clinics operationalise them.
"Set and setting" sounds like counterculture shorthand, but in clinical practice it is a precise checklist: preparation, the physical room, the presence of trained guides, and integration afterwards. We trace where the phrase came from and how modern trials turn it into procedure.
Mind & Mood
The most mythologised part of the experience, described in the careful language researchers actually use.
By Dr. Dana Okafor
Research Watch
Placebo is a powerful thing. We weigh the best-controlled studies on sub-perceptual dosing.
By Dr. Lena Fischer
The Cause
An itemised look at the charities we fund, how we vet them, and what the money has paid for so far.
By The Studio
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