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Michael DeMarco, PhD offers psychedelic preparation, support and integration from a mind, body, heart, and spirit approach.

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A community-building and advocacy project curated by Michael DeMarco, PhD with a mission to advance psychedelic medicine practice and research by connecting therapists, researchers, coaches, retreats, and practitioners of psychedelic medicines. The Institute is YOU. Join us!

INSTITUTO PSICODÉLICO -- Un centro de estudios en psicodelia que aboga por el estudio y la práctica seguros y legales de las experiencias de la medicina psicodélica y su aplicación a la salud mental y el bienestar | Uruguay

Psychedelic / Ketamine Research

Ketamine Psychedelic Preparation, Support & Integration is based on the latest in ketamine psychedelic research

Ketamine panic pieces touting the "**wild west of ketamine**" appear regularly in the media. Context is important.

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Spotlight: How Ketamine Acts on the Brain - Microtubules & An Orch-Or Perspective

Ketamine has a psychedelic effect and an anesthetic modulation of brain microtubules. How this mechanism works, according to the principles of the Orchestrated Objective Reduction, shared by the Penrose-Hameroff (Orch-OR) consciousness model.

02 Aug

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Spotlight: Ketamine Integration Chaplaincy: A Novel Spiritual Care Approach to Psychedelic Integration (2025)

"Although ketamine's mode of action is distinct from classic psychedelics, patients frequently report similar alterations in consciousness, including experiences described as spiritual or religious"

29 Jul

Spotlight: Ketamine Research Lit Review (2022-Current)

Curated on the Fediverse using Mastodon

23 Jul

Spotlight: Therapeutic Ketamine

Getting the most out of your prescription ketamine

22 Jul

Spotlight: Addressing the Gap: Real-World Evidence of Technology-Enabled Coaching Services for Mental Health (2025)

By redefining care and leveraging technology, coaching may be a scalable treatment solution.

19 Jul

Spotlight: "Telehealth-supported ketamine for depression and anxiety: A systematic review (2026)

"Telehealth-supported sublingual racemic ketamine was associated with symptom improvements in selected populations"

15 Jul

Spotlight: NRx Pharmaceuticals Notes Presentation Of IV Ketamine Efficacy Versus Nasal Esketamine Efficacy At American Society Of Clinical Psychopharmacology (2026)

"The authors concluded that in routine clinical care, both IV ketamine and intranasal esketamine rapidly improve depression symptoms with IV ketamine showing higher remission and response rates than intranasal esketamine."

15 Jul