Renske Blom

Renske Erin Blom is a resident psychiatrist at GGZ Centraal/UMC Utrecht and a PhD-candidate. She is involved in the RCT: “the effect of psilocybin on treatment-resistant depression”. She worked as the Sub-I in the trial for a year and is currently participating as a chaperone, guiding participants under the influence of psilocybin. She is most interested in the therapeutic effect of psychedelics.

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During her medicine-study, Renske E. Blom studied the effect of MDMA on hyponatremia and was involved in the peer-education program (Unity), educating drug users about the effects of illicit drugs at dance-parties and festivals. She is currently still involved as a physician, advising drug users about the do’s and don’t of (illicit) drug use in combination with other drugs, medication, or psychiatric disease.

Notable Research Papers

• High incidence of mild hyponatraemia in females using ecstasy at a rave party (van Dijken, Blom, et al., 2013)

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• Psilocybin in patients with treatment resistant depression: first clinical experiences from a multicenter RCT (ICPR, 2020)