Women Psychedelic Research Knowledge-base

• Perimenopause & Menopause

Psilocybin, Menopause and Women’s Health (Utah Patients Coalition)

Microdosing Psychedelics for Menopause (PDF)

Psychedelics and Midlife Support for Women (Right To Heal)

• PMS / PMDD

Psilocybin and symptoms of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (Drug Science)

Microdosing psychedelics ad PMDD (The Psychedelic Society)

Psychedelics and PMDD, PMS and PDD (General review, Microverse)

Psilocybin and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder  (Blossom)

Exploration of Psilocybin use in women with PMDD (PDF)

Microdosing mushroom and PMDD (Coveteur)

Microdosing LSD for PMDD (YouTube)

• Postpartum & Motherhood

Psychedelics and Postpartum depression (Sage Journals)

Low dose esketamine and PDD (the BMJ)

• Menstrual Cycle & Biological Setting

Menstrual Changes induced by psychedelics (PubMed)

• Chronic pain

Psychedelics and Chronic Pain (Sage Journals)

Preliminary findings of psychedelics and chronic pain (ScienceDirect)

Potential analgesic effects of psychedelics on chronic pain (Pub Med)

• Psilocybin

Women and Magic Mushrooms - WSJ

The Psilocybin Handbook for Women (Google Books)

Mushrooms and Women's Wellness (ICEERS)

Estrogen Impacts the Effects of Psilocybin (Video - Pharmacy times)

• LSD
  
  
• MDMA

Gender differences and effects of MDMA (springer)

• Ketmine

Esketamine adchronic endometriosis-induced pain (Sage Journals)

Preclinical Review of Ketamine Treatment for Mood Disorders (Frontiers)

• Ayahuasca

Ayahuasca: Medical Controversies and Religious Perspectives (Journal of Psychoactive Drugs)

• Mescaline

Mescaline and human prolactin secretion (Psychopharmacology)

Women and Peyote in Indigenous Traditions (MAPS)

• Other Emerging Compounds
  
  

• Neuropharmacology (receptors, brain regions)

Neuropsychopharmacology of Female Hormones  (YouTube)

Sex effects of antidepressant treatment (PubMed)

Differences in Psychedelic Actions Based on Biological Sex (Oxford Academic)

• Biomarkers & Hormones

Reproductive hormone and depression (PubMed)

5HT2A and antidepressant therapeutics (Sage Journals) 

Biomarkers of sex-based differences in MDD (Science Direct)

Menstrual Cycle changes  and Their Effects on Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics (Springer)

• Animal Studies
  Maternal and developmental toxicity of ayahuasca (ScienceDirect)

Estrogen impacts of 5-HT2A in female rats (ScienceDirect)

Effects of psilocybin in rats (ScienceDirect)

• Sex Differences in Pharmacology

Impact of Psychedelics on Sexual, Gender, and Intimate Relationship (Journal of Sex Research)

Sex Differences in Psychedelic Responses (Psychedelic Support)

Effect of psychedelics on women’s health (Psychedelic Health)

Potential of Psychedelics in Female Health (Femhealthinsights)

Psychedelics and Women’s Reproductive Health (Psychedelic Medicine)

Sex Differences and the Effects of Psychoactive Substances (PubMed)

Psychedelics Impact Behavior Differently based on sex (BrainFacts)

Females in Psychedelic Research (ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science)

Potential Differences in Psychedelic Actions (PubMed) 

• Women’s Representation in Research & Industry

Women representation in psychedelic research (Psychedelic Health)

Women and the psychedelic movement ( The Psychedelic Society)

• Gender, Sexuality & Intimacy

Women, gender and drugs (Harm Reduction Journal)

Gender challenges in psychedelic settings (Psychedelic today)

Race and Gender Differences - stigma and Psychedelics (PubMed)

• Minority & Marginalized Perspectives

Minorities and Psychedelics  (MDPI)

• Cultural / Religious / Indigenous Perspectives

Muslim Women and Psychedelics (Springer)

• Societal issues

Psychedelics for SUD in women (PubMed)

• Exclusion of Women in Psychedelic Science

Patriarchy Co-opts Psychedelics (Chacruna)

Psychedelic Women and Science (Chacruna)

Hidden History of Women and Psychedelics (PDF)

Women Exclusion from Psychedelic Science (Chacruna)

• Feminist / Shamanic / Goddess Traditions

Female Shamanism, Goddess Cultures, and Psychedelics

Gender and the politics of consciousness (Sage Journals)

• Women Figures & Historical Narratives

Unseen Women in Psychedelic History (Sage Journals)

• Think-Pieces & Commentaries

Psychedelics and how women could benefit (MIT Technology Review)

Psychedelic Frontiers in Women's Health

Ecological Medicine, Women and Psychedelic Community (Chacruna)

Introduction to Women and Psychedelics  (Chacruna)

• Interviews & Podcasts
  
  
• Popular Media Coverage

Women who microdose psychedelics - cosmopolitan 

• Support Groups & Collectives

https://www.psychedelicwomen.co/

https://holomind.org/en/psychedelic-women-network/

https://hystelica.com/

https://www.womenonpsychedelics.com/

• Active / Recruiting Studies

Mindbio explores psychedelic potential of LSD for depression, PMS | BioWorld

Hystellica research 

Maastricht microdosing study

• Books & Anthologies

The psilocybin handbook for women

Women and Psychedelics: Uncovering Invisible Voices (Chacruna Anthologies

Psychedelics are having a moment and women could be the ones to benefit

Swimming in the sacred