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Unfolding States of Mind: A Dissociative-Psychedelic Model of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy in Palliative Care (Gonçalves Campolina & Tuena de Oliveira, 2025)

Dissociative-psychedelic model offers a compassionate, pragmatic, theoretically grounded approach to relieving psychological & existential suffering in palliative care
Michael DeMarco, PhD

by Michael DeMarco, PhD

Unfolding States of Mind: A Dissociative-Psychedelic Model of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy in Palliative Care - PubMed
<span><b>Background/Objectives</b>: Patients in palliative care often experience multifaceted forms of suffering that extend beyond physical symptoms, including existential distress, loss of meaning, and emotional pain. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) has emerged as a promising intervention for alle</span> …
PubMedAlessandro Gonçalves Campolina

"Dissociative-psychedelic model offers a compassionate, pragmatic, theoretically grounded approach to relieving psychological & existential suffering in palliative care integrating neurobiological insights w/ psychotherapeutic processes- a flexible, patient-centered framework for enhancing meaning, emotional resolution, quality of life at the end of life.Dissociative-psychedelic model offers a compassionate, pragmatic, theoretically grounded approach to relieving psychological & existential suffering in palliative care integrating neurobiological insights w/ psychotherapeutic processes- a flexible, patient-centered framework for enhancing meaning, emotional resolution, quality of life at the end of life."

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