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The Fireside Database: Large-scale evidence from 25,419 psychedelic support interactions

  • Felix Schoeller1,2
  • Marc Santolini1,3,4
  • Dana Xiadani1
  • Mickael Eskinazi5,6
  • Ashwin Murali1
  • David Esselman1
  • Wyatt Houtz1,7
  • Wesley Bellanca1
  • Joshua White1
7 affiliations
  1. 1Fireside Project, Venice, CA, USA.
  2. 2Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
  3. 3Sorbonne Université CNRS, ERL U1338 Inserm, Paris, France.
  4. 4Learning Transitions, Learning Planet Institute and CY Cergy Paris University, Paris, France.
  5. 5Division of Adult Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals of Geneva, Thônex, Switzerland.
  6. 6Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
  7. 7Vision Point Systems Inc., Arlington, VA, USA.
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Abstract

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.

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@article{schoeller2026fireside,
  title = {{The Fireside Database: Large-scale evidence from 25,419 psychedelic support interactions}},
  author = {Felix Schoeller and Marc Santolini and Dana Xiadani and Mickael Eskinazi and Ashwin Murali and David Esselman and Wyatt Houtz and Wesley Bellanca and Joshua White},
  journal = {Science Advances},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aeg4737},
  url = {https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciadv.aeg4737},
  note = {CC BY-NC},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - The Fireside Database: Large-scale evidence from 25,419 psychedelic support interactions
AU  - Felix Schoeller
AU  - Marc Santolini
AU  - Dana Xiadani
AU  - Mickael Eskinazi
AU  - Ashwin Murali
AU  - David Esselman
AU  - Wyatt Houtz
AU  - Wesley Bellanca
AU  - Joshua White
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/30
JO  - Science Advances
DO  - 10.1126/sciadv.aeg4737
UR  - https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciadv.aeg4737
AB  - 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.
SN  - 2375-2548
ER  -