Plenary and opening welcome to Psychedelic Science 2017 - Rick Doblin, PhD, Amanda Feilding, and Beatriz Labate, PhD.
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Dr. Monnica Williams is a professor, clinical psychologist, and the Canada Research Chair for Mental Health Disparities at the University of Ottawa.
Monnica T. Williams, Ph.D., ABPP, is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa, Canada Research Chair in Mental Health Disparities, and Director of the Laboratory for Culture and Mental Health Disparities.
Rethinking the role of psychedelic drugs and how they can help to improve the lives of our country’s military personnel and others suffering from PTSD.
MDMA, the active ingredient in the party drug ecstasy, is being touted as a game-changing treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. It is being trialled in America-and for one army veteran the drug has been a life-saver. In America around 22 military veterans kill themselves every day.
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“Race-Based Trauma: The Challenge and Promise of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy” Monnica Williams, Ph.D.
Recently, there has been much excitement in the potential of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy to address a multitude of mental health conditions, including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, addiction, end-of-life anxiety, and others. However, not everyone has been included.
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Psychedelic drugs: a dangerous and illegal scourge; a harmless way to “turn on, tune in, drop out” – or a valuable treatment for mental illness? Research is showing that substances like MDMA and magic mushrooms, long banished to society’s fringes, are proving effective in treating...
This weeks video looks at the effects of MDMA/ecstasy and ketamine as a treatment option for ptsd. The biological mechanisms involved in these drugs for ptsd as well as depression/anxiety are mentioned, as well as the therapeutic benefits and research in the area.
Drugs like LSD and MDMA are generating new interest among doctors for use in psychotherapy.