Amanda Feilding

Executive Director and Founder

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Papers

50 publications

Trials

0 clinical trials

Links

Website

Research Footprint

Amanda Feilding appears in 50 tracked papers (2010–2025), most studied alongside LSD, Psilocybin and Ayahuasca, across Healthy Volunteers, Neuroimaging & Brain Measures and Depressive Disorders.

Most-cited paper: Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: an open-label feasibility study (1520 citations).

Frequent co-authors: Robin Carhart-Harris, David Nutt and Mendel Kaelen.

Background & Research

Amanda Feilding (1943–2025) was a British drug policy reformer and the founder of the Beckley Foundation. Often described as the 'hidden hand' behind the psychedelic renaissance, she dedicated her life to the study of consciousness and the scientific validation of psychedelics. Through the Beckley Foundation, she collaborated on many of the first modern human studies with LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA.

Key Impact

Innocative figure in psychedelic research and founder of the Beckley Foundation.

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Collaboration Network

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Compounds

LSDPsilocybinAyahuascaMDMADMTPlaceboMescaline

Topics

Healthy VolunteersNeuroimaging & Brain MeasuresDepressive DisordersAnxiety DisordersSubstance Use Disorders (SUD)MicrodosingChronic PainSchizophreniaHeadache Disorders (Cluster & Migraine)Set & SettingPersonality & Trait FactorsTreatment-Resistant Depression (TRD)Palliative & End-of-Life DistressMedicinal Chemistry & Drug DevelopmentCreativityImmunology & InflammationPTSDNeurocognitive DisordersMajor Depressive Disorder (MDD)Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)Safety & Risk ManagementInterpersonal Functioning & Social ConnectednessBorderline Personality Disorder (BPD)Personality DisordersEquity and EthicsNeurological InjuryOlder AdultsFibromyalgiaAdolescentsAlcohol Use Disorder (AUD)Tobacco/Nicotine Use Disorder (TUD)

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Affiliations

Institutions, companies, and organisations Amanda Feilding is associated with.

Beckley Med Foundation

Non-Profit

Fundación Beckley Med is a Barcelona-based psychedelic research and education organisation, partnered with the UK's Beckley Foundation, that funds and disseminates psychedelic-assisted therapy studies and provides professional training through institutional affiliations with MAPS, Grof Legacy, and CIIS. It collaborated with CITA Clinic to deliver experimental ketamine treatment to patients with treatment-resistant depression in Spain.

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