We are pleased and honored to introduce Bia Labate, PhD, to the Soltara advisory team as Science and Culture Coordinator.
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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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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.
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...
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Drugs like LSD and MDMA are generating new interest among doctors for use in psychotherapy.
Mark Haden is the executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Canada as well as an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia School of Public and Population Health.
“Race-Based Trauma: The Challenge and Promise of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy” Monnica Williams, Ph.D.
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.
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.