Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris: An Expert's Guide to the Medicinal Potential of Psychedelics

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Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris, a distinguished professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco joins WHOOP VP of Performance Science, Principal Scientist, Kristen Holmes on this episode. Dr. Carhart-Harris is one of the leading researchers in the study of how psychedelics such as psilocybin, LSD, and DMT can change the human brain and in doing so, be used to successfully treat various mental health challenges such as major depression, anorexia, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and addiction. Kristen and Robin discuss the etymology of psychedelics, researching altered states and altered consciousness, recreational use of psychedelics, how attitudes around psychedelics are changing, the most promising and exciting aspects of psychedelic research, physiological markers impacted by psychedelics, the optimal time to explore psychedelic treatment, what it means to biologically “let go”, the performance-enhancing possibilities of psychedelics, legality in the U.S., what Robin is obsessing over, and the biggest benefits of psychedelics. Follow WHOOP Website: www.whoop.com Instagram www.instagram.com/whoop Twitter www.twitter.com/whoop Facebook www.facebook.com/whoop Listen and subscribe to the podcast Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whoop-podcast/id1445509665 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0yFoBgekRMM9lN0xMMczL7?si=Xs4zlCgKSpGAs28wx7SWDw&nd=1 Google https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8yMzA0NDIucnNz Timestamps: 0:00:00 Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris 0:02:30 The etymology of psychedelics 0:06:35 Researching altered states and altered consciousness 0:12:53 Recreational use of psychedelics 0:16:00 How attitudes around psychedelics are changing 0:19:11 The most promising and exciting aspects of psychedelic research 0:24:20 Physiological markers impacted by psychedelics 0:31:00 The optimal time to explore psychedelic treatment 0:35:35 What it means to biologically “let go” 0:39:57 The performance-enhancing possibilities of psychedelics 0:45:11 Legality in the U.S. 0:50:20 What Robin is obsessing over 0:51:35 The biggest benefits of psychedelics