Department of Psychiatry Basel (UPK Basel; Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Borgwardt)

The Department of Psychiatry at UPK Basel (Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel), led by Professor Stefan Borgwardt, is a leading academic centre for psychedelic neuroscience and clinical pharmacology. Borgwardt's group has conducted multiple placebo-controlled neuroimaging and pharmacokinetic trials with LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA, generating foundational findings on thalamic connectivity and hallucinogenic mechanisms that underpin contemporary psychedelic-assisted psychiatry.