Joshua White
Research Subjects
Joshua White has a total of 8 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
Ashwin Murali
Fireside Project, Venice, CA, USA
1 shared publication- Dana Xiadani
Fireside Project, Venice, CA, USA
1 shared publication David Esselman
Fireside Project, Venice, CA, USA
1 shared publication- Felix Schoeller
Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies
1 shared publication - Marc Santolini
Université Paris Cité, Inserm, System Engineering and Evolution Dynamics, Paris, France
1 shared publication Mickael Eskinazi
Division of Adult Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Thônex, Switzerland
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 30 October 2026
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science Advances
- Vol. 12 (44)
The Fireside Database: Large-scale evidence from 25,419 psychedelic support interactions
Most psychedelic experiences occur outside clinical settings, yet as policy frameworks rapidly expand to accommodate nonclinical use, no systematic data exist on who seeks psychedelic support, under what circumstances, or what makes that support effective. We present the Fireside Database, a US-based dataset comprising 25,419 peer support interactions conducted by 220 trained volunteers at Fireside Project’s Psychedelic Support Line between April 2021 and February 2026. The released resource integrates structured interaction logs with volunteer-coded metadata and 2777 caller satisfaction surveys across five outcome dimensions. Psilocybin was the most commonly reported substance (59.9% of coded interactions), while cannabis produced the highest distress rate (47.2%). The nested data structure—with 50 supporters each completing ≥10 surveyed interactions—supports multilevel modeling of individual supporter effects on caller outcomes. This resource enables research in psychedelic epidemiology, evidence-based training design, and the investigation of what makes psychedelic psychological support effective.
- 30 October 2026
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science Advances
- Vol. 12 (44)
Open AccessThe Fireside Database: Large-scale evidence from 25,419 psychedelic support interactions
Most psychedelic experiences occur outside clinical settings, yet as policy frameworks rapidly expand to accommodate nonclinical use, no systematic data exist on who seeks psychedelic support, under what circumstances, or what makes that support effective. We present the Fireside Database, a US-based dataset comprising 25,419 peer support interactions conducted by 220 trained volunteers at Fireside Project’s Psychedelic Support Line between April 2021 and February 2026. The released resource integrates structured interaction logs with volunteer-coded metadata and 2777 caller satisfaction surveys across five outcome dimensions. Psilocybin was the most commonly reported substance (59.9% of coded interactions), while cannabis produced the highest distress rate (47.2%). The nested data structure—with 50 supporters each completing ≥10 surveyed interactions—supports multilevel modeling of individual supporter effects on caller outcomes. This resource enables research in psychedelic epidemiology, evidence-based training design, and the investigation of what makes psychedelic psychological support effective.