Spotlight: Notes from the Field: Ketamine Detection and Involvement in Drug Overdose Deaths — United States, July 2019–June 2023
A majority of deaths with ketamine detected involved illegally manufactured fentanyls (IMFs) (58.7%), followed by methamphetamine (28.8%) and cocaine (27.2%).
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Spotlight: On Cost Considerations in psychedelic assisted therapy
"In Oregon, psychedelic mushroom sessions are typically $1,000 to $3,000, are not covered by insurance, and must be paid for up front."
Spotlight: Symptom modulation and tolerability of intravenous ketamine in treatment-resistant bipolar depression: A retrospective study (Cuomo, et al, 2025)
The review underscores the safety and efficacy of ketamine for patients with Bipolar Disorder.
Considering the critical role music has on the psychedelic experience and mental health
In psychedelic experiencing, training and research, one of the common and most-emphasized themes is music.
Spotlight: Beyond Gender: Indigenous Perspectives, Muxe
A limited series on some of the world's third gender Indigenous people
Ketamine - "psychedelic" or "dissociative"? Experts weigh in
Closed caption (no audio) from a recent Harvard Medical School training on psychedelic medicines. Read what this panel has to
Spotlight: Why consciousness must be quantum mechanical | Stuart Hameroff
“Can the psychedelic experience be explained by quantum collapses?”
Spotlight: Ketamine Psychedelic Therapy: Review of the Results of Ten Years of Research (Krupitsky & Grinenko, 1997)
"We have been working with KPT since 1985 and have already treated with KPT more than 1000 alcoholic patients without any complications like protracted psychoses, flashbacks, agitation, or ketamine abuse. So, KPT seems to be safe and effective method of treatment of alcohol dependence."
Spotlight: The shameful history of psychedelic gay conversion therapy
A range of other gay “treatments” were also in use, not only mind-altering drugs but also aversion therapy with electric shocks, and chemical castration.
Spotlight: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Provides Lasting and Effective Results in the Treatment of Depression, Anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder at 3 and 6 Months: Findings from a Large Retrospective Effectiveness Study (Yermus, et al, 2024)
"KAP produced sustained reductions in anxiety, depression, and PTSD, with symptom improvement lasting well beyond the duration of dosing and integration sessions. These effects extended to as much as 5 months after the last KAP session."
Spotlight: on Stan Grof's Basic Perinatal Matrices
According to Kolp, 2014, some people in ketamine psychedelic therapy describe their experiences with the medicine in similar terms to Grof's work in the mid 20th Century with LSD and Holotropic Breathwork, a non-medicine psychedelic practice.
Spotlight: Freedom of Mind Resource Center
"We support those affected by undue influence by providing coaching and consulting services as well as training and educational resources for individuals, families and professionals."
Spotlight: JAMA-- "Telehealth Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention A Randomized Clinical Trial" (Baker, et al, 2024)
"The findings of this randomized clinical trial suggest that BCBT delivered via video telehealth is effective for reducing suicide attempts among adults with recent suicidal thoughts and/or behaviors."
Spotlight: Brainfutures-- Neuroplasticity 101
Understanding how brain plasticity works can help us attain our own cognitive goals as well as improve the ways experts treat and support people with neurological and behavioral health problems.
Spotlight: The Psychedelic Integration Scales: Tools for Measuring Psychedelic Integration Behaviors and Experiences (Frymann, et al, 2022)
"Psychedelic integration refers to the post-acute period of time following psychedelic drug administration. We created the Integration Engagement Scale to capture positive behavioral engagement with integration and the Experienced Integration Scale to capture internal aspects of feeling integrated"
Spotlight: Wondermed + Open Mind Health = Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy via Telehealth
Psychedelic therapist, Dr. Michael DeMarco, Founding Fellow of the Psychedelic Institute of Mental Health & Family Therapy, leads at-home psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy rollout increasing access to mental health support
Spotlight: March 6-7, 2025 - Continuing Education - Harvard Medical School: Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Navigating Complexity in Community
https://cmecatalog.hms.harvard.edu/psychedelic-assisted-psychotherapy
Spotlight: Maintenance Intramuscular Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, a Retrospective Chart Review of Efficacy, Adverse Events, and Dropouts from a Community Practice (Ryan & Heifets, 2024)
"KAP yielded robust improvements in mood, anxiety, and substance use. Maintenance sessions effectively extended benefit and were largely well tolerated."
