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Group Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP): A New Frontier

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

Could taking and integrating ketamine in groups make psychedelic therapy more accessible? This blog explores what happens in the group and why it’s effective. The following is an abridged version of an article written by Sean Lawlor, published by Psychedelics Today in March 2021. As psychedelic-assisted therapy continues marching into the mainstream, the

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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

The drug, Ketamine, in moderate doses, is now being used legally to effectively help people out of anxiety, depression and the effects of trauma, PTSD. Best usage comes when the medicine is given alongside psychotherapy with a trained psychotherapist present. The MD needs to be in charge of dosage given to empower the psychotherapy and

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Psychedelics ketamine, psychedelic-assisted therapy, psychotherapy, stan grof, Will Siu

Spiritist Healing: A (r)Evolution in Mental Healthcare

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Emma Bragdon

Spiritist Healing: In Context Why should we consider Spiritist Healing now? There is currently an epidemic of mental health disorders in the U.S. At least one in five Americans is taking one or more prescribed psychiatric medications, despite their many side effects. However, optimizing wellbeing without psych meds is possible, something many Brazilians have been

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Spiritual Healing Brazil, Mental healthcare, psychiatric hospital, psychotherapy, Spiritism, spiritist healing, spiritual healing, spiritual psychiatry

Time to Change Our Vision of Mental Healthcare

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Emma Bragdon

Current Trends in Mental Healthcare Robert Whitaker (above) is an award-winning journalist, most well-known for his impeccably referenced, breakthrough book, Anatomy of an Epidemic. In it he describes the harm of taking psychiatric medications long term, something that you would not see in ads from Big Pharma that proliferate the media. John Horgan recently published

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UC Berkeley’s New Center for Psychedelic Science and Education

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Emma Bragdon

Fifty years after political and cultural winds slammed shut the doors on psychedelic research, UC Berkeley is making up for lost time by launching the campus’s first center for psychedelic science and public education. With $1.25 million in seed funding from an anonymous donor, the new UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, Psychedelics Johns Hopkins, Michael Pollan, psychedelic, psychedelic research, psychedlic-assisted psychotherapy, UC Berkeley

Julie Holland: Author, “Good Chemistry”

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Emma Bragdon

Dr. Julie Holland will discuss her new book, Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, from Soul to Psychedelics, which explores connection — why we need it, how we’ve lost it, and how we might find it again as well as how psychedelics could be used in psychiatry to make treatments more efficient and effective. Sponsored by Young

Posted in Integrative Mental Health, MDMA Ayahuasca, connection, good chemistry, ibogaine, julie holland, mdma, psychiatrist, psychopharmacology, PTSD

Healing Touch and Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

There are about 50 Spiritist psychiatric hospitals in Brazil, utilizing an integrative approach to recovery, stressing the spiritual alongside physical and emotional therapies that address the true causes of imbalance. Energy “passes”, similar to healing touch, are central to the healing and health maintenance. This article briefly describes the Spiritist philosophy, its successes, as well

Posted in Healing Touch, Integrative Mental Health allan kardec, Brazilian Spiritism, energy passes, healing touch, integrative medicine, integrative mental health, Spiritism, Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals, spiritist psychiatry

Slow Psychiatry: A New Form of Integrative Practice

Posted on January 27, 2020 by admin

Before Slow Psychiatry: Drug-centered and Needs-adapted Approaches A “drug-centered approach” acknowledges that we do not fully understand the causes of peoples’ troubles. We understand more about drug action although our knowledge is certainly incomplete on that subject as well. A “needs-adapted approach” provides a framework in which we can talk about these drugs, acknowledge

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Integrative Mental Health, Medication, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychiatry alternative mental health, complementary mental health, concept of mental illness, integrative mental health, psychiatric medication, psychiatry, SAMSHA, Sandra Steingard, slow psychiatry

Book Review: Our Woes are Not Signs of Mental Illness

Posted on January 13, 2020 by admin

Abolishing the Concept of Mental Illness: Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes by Richard Hallam, PhD Rethinking Woes In this timely publication (2018), Richard Hallam – a British clinical psychologist – questions the main tenets of public mental health care in the UK and beyond. He argues that the field is stuck with a medical

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Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy: A Book Review

Posted on December 29, 2019 by admin

Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy- T?taihono-Stories of Maori Healing and Psychiatry This book explores a living collaboration between a traditional Mãori healer in New Zealand and a clinical psychiatrist. Mãori healer, Wiremu NiaNia outlines the key concepts that are the foundation of his worldview and work. The main text recounts true stories of

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