Aaron D. Cherniak

Dissertation defended! The re-emerging psychedelic science need not reinvent the wheel in psychology. My work explores relational and attachment-oriented phenomena in psychedelic phenomenology and the outcomes of those experiences.

The debate over psychological support vs psychotherapy in psychedelic treatment is confused—and that confusion matters for science, safety, and regulation. We were confused too. So we worked it through together and published what clarified it for us... 🧵

Josh Shapiro's great-grandfather was a Scranton city councilman. Wonder if she asked Tim Walz if he was a secret German or Swiss spy.

Grateful to coauthors Pehr Granqvist, Mario Mikulincer, @trpwolff

We explored the specific role of therapeutic-like support during psychedelic experiences in naturalistic use: 1) Support reduces the effect of life adversity on subjective experiences with psychedelics, and 2) support mitigates the impact of challenging experiences on outcomes...

My last PhD paper was accepted for publication in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs! Therapeutic Context and Support during Psychedelic Use Moderate Links among Stress, Challenging Experiences, and Psychological Outcomes Preprint: osf.io/preprints/psya… ...

My colleagues and I received @The_ISSEP Best Paper Award for: Religiosity, Spirituality, Meaning-Making, and Suicidality in Psychiatric Patients and Suicide Attempters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Harvard review of psychiatry. doi.org/10.1097/HRP.00… ->

🚨My trainee @victoria_murph_ , @DepressionCntr data architect Gabriel Mongefranco, and I are pleased to share 🌟EMA-CleanR: R code to pre-process, clean, and visualize ecological momentary assessment data! Documentation: teamdynamix.umich.edu/TDClient/210/D… Code: github.com/DepressionCent…

that a PhD thesis in psychedelic science has been presented at a Swedish university, which is wild. Hopefully, more are coming.

contributing to a stimulating discussion. Thanks to my collaborators/colleagues who were a significant part of my journey, including Joel Gruneau-Brulin, Robin Carhart-Harris, Sebastian Ostlind, Max Wolff, Gustav Martling, and Anja Winter. I was told it was the first time...

Dissertation defended! The re-emerging psychedelic science need not reinvent the wheel in psychology. My work explores relational and attachment-oriented phenomena in psychedelic phenomenology and the outcomes of those experiences.

I have spent the past few weeks talking to humanitarians in Gaza, anti-Hamas activists, human rights organizers, feminists, widows, divorced women, desperate civilians, people in tents, civilians barely getting by, youngsters, and a diverse cross-section of Gaza’s professional class. They all shared the hardships they have been experiencing as a result of the past two years of a devastating Israeli war that has decimated the coastal enclave and made it virtually unlivable for those picking up the pieces after the ceasefire. I have asked almost every single one of them: Why are we not seeing a mass anti-Hamas movement, and why are we not seeing large-scale uprisings against the terror group? Every single one has referenced the horror that Hamas carries out against those who have enough of a platform and dare speak out. Specifically, and disturbingly, they have each referenced the use of Gaza’s hospitals by Hamas as interrogation centers, and how the terror group threatens its opponents with “rods in their legs” if they dare open their mouths. They have described how Hamas has been breaking the legs of opponents, attacking tent occupants, kidnapping men, beating their mothers and sisters, and taking them to one of the three main hospitals: al-Shifa in Gaza City, Al Aqsa in Deir al-Balah, or Nasser in Khan Younis. Despite widespread public knowledge of what happens, none of the international humanitarian or “human rights” organizations have said anything about the horrendous human rights atrocities being committed by Hamas against the Palestinian people of Gaza. This is how many such organizations have become a joke, making a mockery of their so-called “activism.” The crimes being perpetrated against Palestinians are only relevant to these organizations when Israel is the culprit, and hardly ever if Hamas, the Islamist, fascist, terror organization, is involved. Some of the same organizations who regularly decry abuses by Islamist movements and anti-Western extremists in Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Sudan, or elsewhere, and the same who scream about gender-apartheid, freedom of expression, and the need to push back against dictatorial and absolutist regimes, are cowardly, and willingly, remaining silent, when it comes to the violence and atrocities of Hamas in the Strip. This is why “human rights” activism needs a serious makeover; this is why Hamas needs to be treated and considered as a human rights issue, and not only when seen through the lens of the very legitimate human rights abuses by Israel. Instead, everything has become this kind of blind obsession with calling out Israel, without understanding the evils that this Muslim Brotherhood-backed, Iranian Islamic Regime-financed terror entity is the ultimate enemy of the Palestinian people in Gaza and beyond. Shame on all of these fraudsters who are unable to hold multiple truths and who are asleep at the wheel now that there is a ceasefire in Gaza.

@Truelifepodcas Link: diva-portal.org/smash/record.j…

@Truelifepodcas "This dissertation describes a relational psychedelic science informed by attachment theory, one of the most enduring and influential psychological theories that “reaches from the biological depths of our being to its furthest spiritual reaches” (Holmes, 2014, p. 83)."

That new book smell hits different when it's your PhD dissertation!

@NTFabiano what article is this from

Forget mind over matter. Neuroplasticity turns mind into matter. Your thoughts shape your brain.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 It started from my frustration with the depressing effect that the current publishing system has on the well-being of myself, my team, and pretty much every scientist I know (maybe you’ve noticed from my stupid jokes… :) I was exhausted of dealing with the huge delays, reviewers that can be abusive, and how arbitrary it all is. Unfortunately, the most important factors are often WHO your reviewers are and who YOU are... It’s clear we need alternatives or at least ways to improve the situation. So, together with a really special and talented team we worked to develop this idea into “qed” a platform where you can get CONSTRUCTIVE feedback on your own work or CRITICALLY assess other people’s papers. It can be a real difference maker if many of you join us (thousands have tried it already, but today we release a NEW and much stronger version ;) Let’s harness qed to put the power back in the scientists’ hands, to do, to read & to publish science on our own terms. I’m dying for you to TRY IT, and it’s very simple - just drop a paper (the link to the website is in the replies👇) - it’s completely secure, private, and free, and you get results fast. Please show your support, SHARE, tell your friends, and let’s be the revolution 🫵!

Jews weren't opening up restaurants in Auschwitz less than 24 hours after they were liberated. They looked like this. Calling Gaza a "concentration camp" is an insult to every survivor of the Holocaust.