External Event - 12th Apr 2022
We’ve long been trying to find a cure for depression. From the ancient Greeks to Freud, and from therapy rooms to the Prozac revolution, how far have we come?
In this talk, Alex Riley explores the latest research on psychedelic therapy with fascinating stories and bold, deep insight.
Join Alex as he takes us on a compelling journey through the new frontiers of psychedelic treatments, how these are available to us and what the future holds for sufferers of this disease
Copies of Alex's book 'A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It' are available from Amazon and all good book shops.
This is a theatre event, where the speaker and audience in our theatre are joined by an online audience.
Tickets to attend in person or to watch the livestream are both available from this page.
Alex Riley is an award-winning science writer and scientist based in Bristol. He received a best feature award at the 2019 Association of British Science Writers Awards for his reporting on The Friendship Bench, a project that began in Zimbabwe in 2006 and has since provided mental health care to thousands of people in New York. Since leaving academia in 2015, he began writing popular science articles for magazines such as New Scientist, PBS's NOVA Next, BBC Future, Mosaic Science, Aeon, and Nautilus Magazine.
The live stream will go live at 6.55pm, and the introduction will begin at 7.00pm. If you register but miss the live stream, the video will be available to you via the same link for up to a week after the event date.
For those attending in-person, doors to the theatre will open at 6.30pm. The event will begin at 7.00pm.
The theatre is on the first floor and there is step-free access from the street via lift.
The closest underground station is Green Park, which is step-free.
There is space at floor level in the theatre for wheelchair users.
Seating is usually unreserved for our events. If you and your group require seating reservations, please do let us know by emailing us at events@ri.ac.uk, and we’ll be more than happy to help.
Carers can receive a free ticket to an event by emailing events@ri.ac.uk.
Our theatre is equipped with an Audio Induction Loop.
Book tickets: Theatre audience: £16/£10/£7 Members; Livestream audience: pay what you can
