Mad in America

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The post The Power Dynamics of Psychedelic Therapy appeared first on Mad In America. In my next blog, I want to explore how vital connection, love, belonging, and having the space to be our true selves in relationships with other people is to our healing and becoming truly human.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

You write that you worry about how psychedelics are getting co-opted by pharmaceutical industries. Cartwright: I do an exercise in my book where I speculate that if psychedelic therapy been available to my mother when she was at her worst, would it have been helpful? Tell us more. Dhar: My last question is a comment.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Eugene Gendlin In a previous blog, I wrote about my experiences in psychedelic therapy, and the ways that the psychedelic-assisted therapy model by design perpetuates one of our cultures deepest wounds: feeling alone.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 14, 2024

L ykos Therapeutics experienced a double blow this week, with the FDA’s rejection of their proprietary MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD and the retraction of three articles on MDMA’s supposed efficacy.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Psychedelic therapy advocates consistently dismiss these concerns as exaggerated or isolated incidents that are inevitable in any therapy. It is essential to recognize how the underlying methods and clinical beliefs of the leading psychedelic therapy researchers facilitated exploitation.

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