Dispatch from Breaking Convention 2025: Insights from Europe’s Largest Psychedelic Research Conference (Part 1)
The UK’s seventh biennial international conference on psychedelic consciousness welcomed researchers, clinicians and delegates to the University of Exeter from 17–19 April. In this first instalment, we dive into ketamine’s path into public healthcare, efficient and ethical trial designs, overlooked risks in the underground psychedelic scene, and whether new modalities of care can avoid repeating psychiatry’s historic mistakes.