Joost Breeksema
Postdoctoral researcher and Executive Director of the OPEN Foundation
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Research Footprint
Joost Breeksema appears in 10 tracked papers (2020–2025), most studied alongside MDMA, Psilocybin and Ketamine, across Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorders and PTSD.
Most-cited paper: Reviewing the potential of psychedelics for the treatment of PTSD (257 citations).
Frequent co-authors: Robert Schoevers, Eric Vermetten and Wim Van Den Brink.
Background & Research
Joost J. Breeksema is a Dutch philosopher and qualitative researcher focused on psychedelic-assisted and ketamine/esketamine treatments, with particular attention to patient experiences, safety, ethics, and policy. He has published on psilocybin, MDMA, adverse events in psychedelic treatments, and decision-making around MDMA policy. He has also served as Executive Director of the OPEN Foundation, which supports psychedelic research and the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research.
Key Impact
He is a prominent psychedelic researcher and advocate whose work helps shape evidence-based psychedelic policy, ethics, and patient-centered understanding of psychedelic and ketamine/esketamine treatments.
Collaboration Network
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Affiliations
Institutions, companies, and organisations Joost Breeksema is associated with.
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
academicA prestigious public research university in Groningen, the Netherlands, founded in 1614. The University of Groningen has a strong Faculty of Science and Engineering and Faculty of Medical Sciences, with research covering pharmacology, neuroscience, and psychiatry, including studies on the mechanisms and therapeutic applications of psychoactive substances.
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Non-ProfitDutch nonprofit organizer in the psychedelic field, including stewardship of the ICPR conference series and related professional convenings.
View stakeholder →Leiden University
academicLeiden University doesn't have a dedicated research centre for psychedelics. However, several staff members from their medical centre and psychology faculty are working with psychedelics. Researchers here are working with other universities including Utrecht University as well as Compass Pathways.
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