Spotlight: Scientific American-- Coping with Election Grief
"Understanding the psychology of ambiguous loss can help people struggling with grief and depression in the wake of the 2024 election results"
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Spotlight: Ketamine Lit Review on Mastodon (a site not owned by fascists)
Over 800 posts to date! See what's new in ongoing ketamine research spanning over 60 years.
Spotlight: Hoffman's Potion
This documentary offers a compassionate, open-minded look at LSD and how it fits into our world. Long before Timothy Leary urged a generation to "tune in, turn on and drop out," the drug was hailed as a way to treat forms of addiction and mental illness.
Spotlight: Ketamine, “Quantum Psychiatry”, Consciousness
On Ketamine Near-Death Experiences, Near-Birth Experiences, The Quantum Mind, and Death-Rebirth Psychotherapy and the Nature of Consciousness
Spotlight: The Spiritual Origins of Ketamine (2021)
"Is ketamine a glutamate antagonist or a spiritual kindler? Ketamine has two origin stories, each with its own understanding of how it treats depression. "
Spotlight: Music for Mushrooms
East Forest pairs music with psychedelics for transformation & healing
Greta Lutman, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor | NC | Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Spotlight On: Henry Kandel's Ketamine-State Yoga
"Ketamine-State Yoga uses a special breath practice (pranayama) to invite mystical experience within the ketamine journey."
Spotlight on: Steve Roach, Live in Joshua Tree, October 26, 2024
Eventbrite: "Experience Progressive Ambient Pioneer & Synth Legend Steve Roach in Beautiful Joshua Tree, CA"
Spotlight on: Ketamine researcher John Krystal, MD talks ketamine and cognitive behavioral therapy (2024)
Similar factors involved in variety of mental health conditions
Spotlight on: KETAMINE: Neural- and network-level changes (Bharmauria, et al, 2024)
"Ketamine is a widely used clinical drug that has several functional and clinical applications, including its use as an anaesthetic, analgesic, anti-depressive, anti-suicidal agent, among others. "
Spotlight on: Collective Healing Conference 2024 SEPT 24 – OCT 1, 2024 (Free Online)
In Research News: Cumulative Review finds psychedelic adverse events 4% or less in subset with pre-existing psychiatric diagnoses, NO severe adverse events reported in healthy participants
September 2024: JAMA Psychiatry
Spotlight on: Maslow’s forgotten pinnacle: Self-transcendence
"Abraham Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs is depicted as a triangle with self-actualization at the very top. Right before his death, Maslow wanted to add another to the hierarchy: Self-transcendence." (2019) Might this relate to psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy with ketamine and other medicines?
Spotlight on: "Ketamine’s Role in Spirituality: How One Synthetic Drug Catalyzes a Natural Experience" (Woods, 2021)
A thorough discussion of psilocybin (magic mushroom) research and the FDA approved drug widely available as a generic around the world-- ketamine as means to a mystical experience on the path to mental health
Spotlight On Continuing Education: 3 – Day Primary Certificate Practicum in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
The Ellis Institute (and hybrid) at https://albertellis.org
Clinician Spotlight: Thaís Salles Araujo, MD
Dr. Thais is an integrative medicine and palliative care internist. She is dedicated to supporting the innate healing potential of every patient through holistic approaches.
NIDA Report: On Prescription Drug Misuse
Millions of people misuse prescription drugs. Supportive care to discourage misuse is built in to modalities like ketamine-assisted psychotherapy