In response to some of your requests, this guest-post portrays the context, experience, and potential value of psychedelic therapy for those struggling with addiction (and other stuff). By someone who’s been there and can talk about it with precision and depth. …By Eric Nada… I was very...
As exciting as it is to have the first buds of legal psychedelic therapy sprouting, we cannot confuse a certificate from a 6-month-long facilitator program with a decades-long (or centuries-long) lineage and system of apprenticeship, and we should deeply heed the words of our elders as brou...
Many hope the psychedelic tea will heal physical and mental afflictions after conventional medications and therapy failed. Their problems include eating disorders, depression, substance use disorders and PTSD. The rising demand for ayahuasca has led to hundreds of churches like this one, which ...
Ross, meanwhile, thinks patients might benefit from more than one dose of the drug during the psychotherapy. The study permits only one dose, but all three participants asked for a second, he said. Edlich said her single dose "brought me to a deeper place in my mind, that I would never...
In a further open-label pilot study in 2015 on addiction, this time to alcohol, Michael Bogenschultz and colleagues at the University of New Mexico, United States, gave psilocybin to 10 alcohol dependent patients (4 women) in addition to standard motivational enhancement therapy (Bogenschutz et ...
Now he’s in discussions with Beckley Retreats to design his own excursions for burned-out consultants, bankers, and others to help them “rediscover parts of themselves they’ve forgotten.” Sure, psychedelic journeys can seem more efficient than slower methods like therapy or daily meditation,...
But it’s also used in ketamine-infusion therapy for treatment-resistant depression. In March 2019, the FDA approved a modified nasal spray (brand name: Spravato) that uses a closely related drug, esketamine. Both the spray and the IV can only be legally administered in clinical settings. ...
Top Psychedelic Companies for Week #1: Awakn Awakn Life Sciences Corp. (OTC: AWKNF), a leading player in the field of addiction therapy, especially Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), made a significant move in the battle against Severe Alcohol Use Disorder (SAUD). On September 6, 2023, the com...
(MAPS). The collaboration aims to support psychedelic experiential opportunities for practitioners as part of a clinical study. The partnership marks an important step forward in the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy and demonstrates the commitment of both organizations to driving greater understanding...
most of the people who have heard my work like that one the best. I knew a therapist who played it for her patients because she felt it was very effective therapy. Another person played it to go to sleep during stressful days. Pretty compelling testimonials. Years later I consider it a ...