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Addiction: What Causes It?

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Emma Bragdon

Gabor Mate, MD, was trained as a family doctor but later turned his attention to helping heal addictions. The 9 minute video below is the most brilliant, succinct expose I know of concerning the causes of addiction. It also covers how we have in the past perceived the causes of addiction and how

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Psychedelics addiction, ibogaine, mdma, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

Psychedelics Facilitator Training and Research

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

Psychedelics Facilitator Training UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Psychedelics (BCSP) is one of many academic institutions that offer training in the science, history, and use of psychedelics. They network with scholars around the world. The research and facilitator-training community involved in Psychedelics includes many institutions held in high regard: Duke University Center for

Posted in Psychedelics Ayahuasca, BCSP, ibogaine, integrative mental health, mdma, psychedelic, psychedelic facilitator, psychedelic training, psychedelics, Susana Bustos, UC Berkeley Center for the study of psychedelics

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

Is Ayahuasca a Shortcut to Spiritual Awakening?

Posted on December 17, 2019 by admin

Ayahuasca: Is It a Viable Shortcut? Ayahuasca is a brew made from plants that grow in the rain forest. It has been used in ceremony by indigenous peoples in Central and South America to expand consciousness and connect strongly to the wisdom of the natural world. In the last few decades more North Americans and

Posted in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Drugs, Ibogaine, Integrative Mental Health, Plant Medicine, Spiritual Emergence, Spiritual Emergency, Spirituality alternative mental health, Ayahuasca, ibogaine, integrative mental health, Psychonaut, shamanism, Shamans, spiritual crisis, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, spiritual mental health, spiritual psychology

The Epidemic of Drug Overdoses in the USA: Ibogaine Can Help If We Allow It

Posted on July 14, 2016 by admin

“From 2000 to 2014 nearly half a million persons in the United States have died from drug overdoses. In 2014, there were approximately one and a half times more drug overdose deaths in the United States than deaths from motor vehicle crashes. Opioids, primarily prescription pain relievers and heroin, are the main drugs associated with

Posted in Addiction, Health, Ibogaine, Mental Health addiction, ibogaine, mental health