Welcome to Back from the Abyss. I'm Dr. Craig Hecock.

Today's episode is an interview I did a few months ago on the radically genuine podcast.

We posted about this interview on our Instagram feed back in August, but I suspect that most of you haven't yet heard it.

I think of all the podcast interviews I've done, this one might be the most interesting and relevant for all of you.

In this interview, I discussed the deep structural problems with current psychiatry,

the confusion around psychiatric treatment, diagnoses and nosedology,

controversies and mistaken beliefs about psychiatric meds,

problems with informed consent and involuntary treatment, why med

management is doomed to fail, psychedelics as a portal into psychospiritual and trauma healing,

pearls about ketamine treatment, and other topics. So happy listening, and we'll be back in two weeks.

Really interesting guest today before we get into introductions.

You know, he actually, before we got started, he considered this to be an anti-psychiatry podcast.

And I'm going to correct him on that.

I'm not anti-psychiatry.

I am pro-science, pro-ethics,

pro-informed consent, and really fascinated and interested in having in-depth conversations

when it comes to the health and well-being of people who are really struggling.

I believe the guest we have today has the background, the experience, and he's

outside the mainstream enough to get into some, I think, fascinating discussions that are not

typical to people who are receiving psychiatric treatment. But I'll be honest, I have a love,

hate relationship with his podcast. I like his podcast. You know,

there'll be moments like, he gets it. This is fascinating. And he's got, he's got areas of

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