Isala Van Diest (Fund)
Supporting scientific research into psychoactive substances
What is it about?
Whilst many patients with mental health problems get better with available treatments, a subgroup of people do not even though they try many different forms of treatment. This is sometimes called ‘treatment resistance’. This can lead to a variety of other problems that seriously impact on patients and the people around them. Treatment options are often limited and come with troublesome side effects or stigma.
Therefore, new paradigms of treatment are needed and clinical research of new treatments is important. Psychedelic therapy may be a new paradigm of treatment, but this needs to be tested in clinical trials.
The Fund Isala van Diest supports scientific research into psychoactive substances in Belgium. The Fund collaborates with leading scientific researchers, therapists and institutions worldwide to design and develop research at Belgian Universities, to build expertise, train researchers and therapists, and ultimately enable access for Belgian patients to novel interventions for difficult to treat mental health indications.