Psychedelics Weekly – Drug Testing and Harm Reduction, Ketamine vs. ECT, and Does Therapy Really Work?
Psychedelics Today
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4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Psychedelics Weekly, Joe and Kyle are once again able to take advantage of Kyle's temporary Colorado residency and record together in Joe's office.
While last week focused on the numerous challenges facing a rapidly growing industry of psychedelic therapists, facilitators, and guides, the topic of therapy itself is put under the microscope this week, as they dissect a New York Times article titled, "Does Therapy Really Work? Let's Unpack That." They discuss whether or not therapy is right for everyone, the efficacy of different types of therapy, the role of the therapeutic alliance in treatment outcomes, and how (if it's even possible) to measure all of these factors.
They also discuss:
-a study showing that ketamine was more effective than ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) for patients with treatment-resistant depression;
-the potential benefits of the LSD analog, Br-LSD, in treating people with major depressive disorders, cluster headaches, and more;
-Ireland's Health Service Executive launching the Safer Nightlife program, which will partner with music festivals this summer to establish on-site drug testing;
-the U.S. slowly beginning to legalize fentanyl test strips, which, for some reason, are illegal in many parts of the country;
And much more!
See you next week, and if you're in the NYC area, make sure to check out "Tales of Transformation," an in-person event Thursday, June 8 at the Athenæum, moderated by David, and featuring Ifetayo Harvey, Juliana Mulligan, and Raad Seraj.
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| 0:00.0 | Here we are. |
| 0:11.1 | Second Alex Weekly. |
| 0:12.6 | Joe and Kyle. |
| 0:13.0 | How you doing? |
| 0:13.8 | Pretty good. |
| 0:14.7 | My throat's a little dry, so excuse me if I start. |
| 0:17.9 | It happens with this desertish lifestyle. |
| 0:24.1 | Yeah. So we're recording today, May 31, |
| 0:28.5 | 2021, 2023. We're going to go through some news. And we didn't really actually get to plan. |
| 0:34.4 | Are there any courses for sale that we're really hyping yet? We have just launched it. This is probably the first announcement. I don't think we've posted anything on socials yet. |
| 0:41.8 | We have our navigating psychedelics. We switch up the name a little bit for clinicians and wellness practitioners. So that is going to kick off July 12th and July 13. So we'll have a Wednesday |
| 0:47.9 | cohort, a Thursday cohort. The Wednesday cohort starts at 7 p.m. Eastern daylight savings time. |
| 0:56.0 | It's an hour and a half. so I'll go to 8.30, |
| 1:01.5 | and then Thursdays will be 2 to 3.30. That's great. And there is a week off, and it's that week of Labor Day. So it will go from July 12th through September 13th with that week before off. |
| 1:08.1 | And then again, the Thursday one's July 13th through September 14th. So you can still |
| 1:12.8 | have fun on Labor Day and get educated. Well, part of that will be a way, too, for a retreat. |
| 1:17.7 | So good. Yeah, that's awesome. I'm really happy. And there's going to be more coming, everybody. |
| 1:22.9 | So stay tuned if you're interested in that kind of ed and yeah really just watch closely we're |
| 1:28.1 | going to be producing a lot of really interesting stuff soon so stay tuned and if you're at |
| 1:32.4 | maps Denver 2023 I'm say hi yeah less than a month away like three weeks or less now |
| 1:38.0 | we'll be there we'll have a big table we'd love to say hi so please stop by and say what's up |
| 1:42.6 | I think we're doing something with the psychedelicsics and Pain Association. I'll be doing a morning show Thursday and Friday with Anne Felipe from New Health Club. Nice. It's going to be fun. And the psychedelic morning show, I think we're calling it. It's going to be great, except for me waking up early, but whatever. And then we're co-sponsoring a little event space too. |
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