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This is your brain on ketamine: Inside the brave new world of psychedelic medicine

Psychedelics have huge potential to treat a range of mental illnesses. Field Trip Health is one of dozens of companies to leap into a sector reminiscent of the early days of the cannabis craze.

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Why There’s So Much Promise Around Psychedelics For Mental Health

Psychedelics seem poised to help a lot of people in a lot of pain.

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Meet Lauren Cabaldon of Field Trip Health

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These Four Companies Want to Take You on a Psychedelic Voyage in Oregon

Oregonians will soon have a front-row seat to what researchers and enthusiasts have dubbed the “psychedelic renaissance.”

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Ketamine Therapy Is Going Mainstream. Are We Ready?

The mind-altering drug has been shown to help people suffering from anxiety and depression. But how it helps, who it will serve, and who will profit are open questions.

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As ketamine clinics emerge in Seattle to treat mental illness, so does debate about safety and regulations

At least 12 ketamine clinics are operating in the Seattle area. The clinics, which have been sprouting across North America the past couple of years, use the drug to treat mental illness.

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After a Traumatic Birth, New Mom Seeks Out Ketamine Therapy

Psychedelic drug therapy is gaining popularity. Lauren had a traumatic delivery of her twins and carried the trauma with her, and she is about to try her first sessions of ketamine therapy. Vice president of the Field Trip Health Care Practice Matt Emer shares what the treatment entails. Watch as Lauren undergoes this treatment and shares how she feels just afterward.

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How ketamine therapy helped this Canadian veteran

After a 25 year military career, including two tours of Afghanistan, former master corporal Scott Atkinson struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. After finding some relief in medical cannabis, he became interested in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Then, he went through six sessions of ketamine therapy at our Toronto clinic. “It’s changed my life,” he says. “It’s given me a way to go now. I’m not as angry all the time. The anxiety isn’t there all the time. It’s better with my family and with my kids. A year ago I was a completely different person.”

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‘Shrooms! Shamans! Kosher LSD! Why Los Angeles Is Suddenly Tripping Out

Housewives in the Hills are doing it. Hipsters in Los Feliz, too. L.A. has became ground zero for a new hallucinogen boom, with ayahuas ca ceremonies now as common as barbecues. But is microdosing shrooms really the answer to what ails Angelenos?

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How Field Trip Health is providing patients with a new approach to mental health care

Ronan Levy, our executive chairman, speaks with Toronto life about the impact and future of psychedelic therapies.

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Field Trip Health Stock Debuts, Adds to Psychedelic Names on the NASDAQ

Field Trip Health stock on Thursday finished higher in its first day on the Nasdaq, making it the latest psychedelics-focused company hoping to use a big U.S. exchange to attract investors.

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Can Psychedelics Be Used to Better Our Mental Health? Doctors Explain

Keeping up with the surge of "cure-all" wellness fads is a job in and of itself. In our column Wellness Inspector, we do the work for you, closely examining these trends to see if they're worth your hard-earned pennies—or whether they're just hype.

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How Should We Do Drugs Now?

After a half century spent waging war on drugs, Americans seem ready to sue for peace. The 2020 elections brought plenty of proof that voters have leapt ahead of politicians in recognizing both the failures of the drug war and the potential of certain illicit drugs as powerful tools for healing.

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How a Psychedelics Call-In Line is Helping People Trip Better

Today, a Google turn ups the number for the Psychedelic Peer Support Line, sponsored by Fireside Project, launched in April as a one-year pilot offering limited hours Thursdays through Mondays. The support line, which can be reached by texting or calling 62-FIRESIDE (623-473-7433), was envisioned by former lawyer Joshua White in the early months of the pandemic, when the possibility of widespread psychedelic healing was the one thing giving him hope.

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Psilocybin repairs ‘brains cells damaged by depression’ Yale study shows

A new study by researchers at Yale University has shown that a single dose of psilocybin given to mice prompted an immediate and long-lasting increase in connections between neurons. Psilocybin is a naturally occurring compound found in magic mushrooms and has been touted as a potential treatment for depression in recent years. However, the mechanics of exactly how psilocybin works in the brain and how long beneficial results might last is still unclear.

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Single Dose of Psychedelic Compound Psilocybin Can Remodel Connections in the Brain

Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound that can be derived from over 200 species of mushroom, can remodel connections in the mouse brain. That is the conclusion of a new study that examined structural changes in the brain that might explain psilocybin’s enduring antidepressant effects.

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Harvard Lawyers Will Study the Legal Questions Around Psychedelic Treatment

Funded in part by Tim Ferriss, the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation will tackle the many unanswered legal questions facing psychedelic-assisted therapy.

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Psychedelics Have Positively Impacted Mental Health in Canada—What Else Will They Change?

Field Trip Medical Director Dr. Michael Verbora & Executive Chairman Ronan Levy sit down with Nuvo Magazine to examine the current landscape of psychedelic healthcare, with an emphasis on our method of healing and the legalities of psilocybin.

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Breakfast Television Interviews Dr. Mike Dow

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the spiraling mental health crisis in Canada. Here to talk about how psychedelic drug therapy can help is psychotherapist Dr. Mike Dow.

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Can Mike Tyson and psychedelics help boxers with brain trauma?

The former heavyweight champion says psychedelics would have helped him with his mental health during his career. Some scientists and companies agree.

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Dr. Dominique Morisano: “Get a good set of headphones, and suggest the same for your clients”

One of the consequences of the pandemic is the dramatic growth of Telehealth and Telemedicine. But how can doctors and providers best care for their patients when they are not physically in front of them? What do doctors wish patients knew in order to make sure they are getting the best results even though they are not actually in the office? How can Telehealth approximate and even improve upon the healthcare that traditional doctors’ visits can provide?

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California Senate Approves Bill To Legalize Possession Of Psychedelics Like Psilocybin And LSD

A bill to legalize possession of psychedelics in California was approved by the California Senate on Tuesday. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D), which previously cleared three committees, passed 21-16 on the floor.

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I Was Paralyzed by Severe Depression. Then Came Ketamine.

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Turn On, Tune In, Feel Better: The Rise of Psychedelic Therapy in Texas

On the day it opened in early May, Field Trip Health’s therapeutic facility in Houston’s uptown neighborhood looked a little like a high-end strip-mall spa. Dressed in a floral shirt, Matt Emmer, the company’s director of operations and business development, showed me the clinic’s amenities. Field Trip, which launched in 2019 in Toronto and began opening clinics across North America in 2020, offers patients what is currently the only psychedelic drug with Food and Drug Administration approval for prescription: the anesthetic ketamine.

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What Is Psychedelic Assisted Therapy?

Ketamine assisted psychotherapy is now approved for use in Canada, so yes, it is safe. Ketamine is the only psychedelic approved in Canada for use in treatment-resistant depression, though it’s been around since the 50’s. It’s a super fast-working therapy that has shown significant improvement in patients in just 24 hours! It can also be co-prescribed with other antidepressants for a more profound effect.

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Exploring the Modern Emergence of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

One company pioneering the ketamine-assisted psychotherapy movement across North America is the psychedelic pioneers at Field Trip Health. They have opened several clinics across Canada and North America that, unlike other ketamine clinics, incorporate compassionate and comprehensive psychotherapy into the process. This guide explores their cutting-edge ketamine-assisted psychotherapy program for prospective clients and psychedelic enthusiasts alike.

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Psychedelic Research Targets Systemic Inflammation

Medical scientists have caught on to the fact that cannabinoids help fight unwanted inflammation that contributes to many diseases. But the next anti-inflammatory wonder drug could come from an even more unexpected source: psychedelics.

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Why Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Might Be Right for You

Psychedelic drugs are helping people across Canada improve their mental health. Despite what your high school health teacher might have told you, a dose of ketamine, LSD or psilocybin (better known as magic mushrooms) – when administered in a controlled setting by a trained medical professional – can be highly effective in treating conditions like PTSD and depression.

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There is a Lot of Fungus Among Us

“As a food, mushrooms have a lot of things going for them in terms of their nutritional value,” said Joshua Lambert, a co-director of the Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health at the Penn State College for Agricultural Sciences. “But one of the things we’re looking into are the other compounds that mushrooms and other plants have that may have significant health benefits.”

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TV Doctor to Offer Ketamine Therapy at Santa Monica Clinic

Mike Dow, host of TLC's 'Freaky Eaters,' has joined Field Trip Health, which describes ketamine as a protocol "designed to help those suffering from treatment-resistant depression, generalized anxiety disorder and trauma."

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Psychedelics are Transforming the way we Understand Depression and its Treatment

The most exciting aspect of this trial is a sense that we are on the verge of a paradigm shift in mental healthcare linked to an improved understanding of the origins of depression, and how we can most effectively treat it. In my view, this shift will take us away from an outdated and myopic “drug-alone” perspective that has dominated psychiatry for several decades, and towards a multi-level “biopsychosocial” model.

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Microdosing, a Placebo Effect

A recent study found that microdosing psychedelic drugs had beneficial psychological effects – but so did a placebo. That might seem like a dose of cold water for this promising area of mental health treatment, but DLSPH Adjunct Prof. Dr. Dominique Morisano, Chief Psychologist at Field Trip Health, sees it differently.

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Why LSD is poised for a comeback as treatment for substance abuse, anxiety and depression

It’s been almost 80 years since that fateful first acid trip but it looks as if Hofmann’s “problem child” might be getting past the bumpy road stage and growing up to face a promising future. Which makes this Bicycle Day one of LSD’s best birthdays ever. At least so far.

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In Canada, psychedelics re-emerge in treatment of depression

To manage her stress and fears, Andrea Bird -- who is suffering from terminal cancer -- uses psychedelics, which are seeing a sudden re-emergence in Canada as a possible treatment for mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression. The 60-year-old Canadian was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012. Despite aggressive treatment, the disease returned five years later, spreading to her lungs, bones and brain.

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Toronto company to conduct Jamaica's first psilocybin clinical trial for managing depression

“We are confident that this state-of-the-art facility and partnership with Field Trip will foster a wealth of innovation for the future of mental health research and therapies, even as we contribute to the regulatory framework that the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is currently developing,” said Dale Webber, a professor, pro-vice-chancellor and principal at UWI.

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Field Trip’s Dr. Ben Medrano: How Ketamine Works On Depression

Dr. Ben Medrano is psychiatrist and the medical director of Field Trip Health America. In an interview with The Dales Report last week, he shared some of the reasons behind his interest in the field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, as well as some information about depression and the treatment available at Field Trip’s New York location.

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Field Trip Secures $76M For Psychedelics Clinics, Drug Development

Field Trip Health announced Wednesday the closing of a CA$95 million ($76.5 USD million) offering. The raise is one of the largest in the sector’s history, and puts Field Trip’s cash on hand at roughly CA$113.7 million ($91.5 USD million).

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Psychedelic Therapy Needs to Confront the Mystical

Many people have a spiritual experience on psychedelics. How they make meaning of it could be influenced by the metaphysical beliefs of their therapists.

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Will the Federal Government Finally Embrace the Psychedelic Revolution?

From approving religious exemptions to budgeting for medical research, advocates are hopeful that Biden and a Democratic Congress could mean progress for psilocybin and other therapeutic psychedelics

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World’s first research and cultivation facility for psychedelic mushrooms

A new partnership will see the world’s first legal research and cultivation facility dedicated exclusively to psilocybin-producing mushrooms and other plant-based psychedelics.

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World’s first research and cultivation facility for psilocybin-producing mushrooms opens in Jamaica

The world’s first legal research and cultivation facility dedicated to psilocybin-producing mushrooms and other plant-based psychedelics has opened in Mona, Jamaica. The facility, Field Trip Natural Products Limited Research and Development Laboratory for Psychedelic Fungi, is in partnership with Toronto-based Field Trip Health Ltd. and the University of West Indies (UWI).

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UWI Mona partners with mushroom-research firm Field Trip Ventures

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has entered into a partnership with Canadian company Field Trip Ventures Inc., in a new research facility dedicated to psychedelic fungi. Field Trip Natural Products (Ja) Limited Research and Development Laboratory, was formally launched on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, in an event held at the Faculty of Science and Technology at the UWI.

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Protecting People From the Side Effects of Psychedelic Therapy

We’re in a shroom boom. One company, Compass Pathways, which plans to offer magic mushroom therapy, listed on the Nasdaq in November with a $1 billion valuation. New funds like Atai are raising hundreds of millions to invest in psychedelics. New companies are listing, new training programmes for therapists are launching, new states are preparing to legalize or decriminalize psychedelics.

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How Ecstacy and Psilocybin are Shaking up Psychiatry

Regulators will soon grapple with how to safely administer powerful psychedelics for treating depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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5 Athletes Who Healed With Psychedelic Therapy

Researchers say psychedelics like ayahuasca, psilocybin, ketamine, ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT prove so beneficial to professional athletes because they have the ability to heal. The sacrifice athletes of high-impact sports make to succeed goes beyond the personal and physical. Researchers have found that repeated head blows and concussions can have detrimental long-term effects on the brain—headaches, dizziness, forgetfulness, insomnia, anxiety, depression, aggression, and in some cases, the desire to kill oneself or others.

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Canadian Military Veteran, Master Corporal Scott Atkinson, Submits Request to Minister of Health, Hon. Patty Hajdu, to Access Proven Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy For Non-Palliative Use

Master Corporal Scott Atkinson, a 25-year Canadian military veteran, today made an application to Health Canada for an exemption under Section 56 of The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to access psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to treat his depression and other mental health conditions resultant from his long and distinguished military career, including active tours in the former Yugoslavia and Afghanistan.

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These 5 Apps Are Made for Taking Psychedelics

Are apps the secret to better psychedelic experiences? Psychedelics advocates love to call substances like ayahuasca an “ancient technology.” Perhaps it’s due to the futuristic visions you see while under the influence; maybe the intensive focus on the present moment feels so new that you assume a crafty engineer has designed the experience. Regardless, cosmonauts know well the sensation of time distortion.

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Ketamine may Ease Depression by Restoring the Brain’s Sensitivity to Prediction Error, Study Suggests

New research suggests that electrophysiological brain signals associated with neural plasticity could help explain the rapid, antidepressant effects of the drug ketamine. The findings, European Neuropsychopharmacology, indicate that ketamine could reverse insensitivity to prediction error in depression.

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What Psychedelics Taught me About Healing Trauma

It has been a tumultuous year for the world at large, with COVID-19 necessitating sweeping changes to ways of life across nearly every geography and domain. Against this challenging backdrop, psychedelic medicine has gained a great deal of traction in 2020. Research and development—including clinical trials—has continued to gain momentum and maturity, while public opinion, regulatory bodies, and mainstream media outlets all appear to be increasingly amenable to the prospect of psychedelic medicines and therapies.

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Understanding The Psilocybin Supply Chain

Psilocybin is known as the active compound in so-called “magic mushrooms”, yet most psilocybin used in clinical trials today is synthesized in laboratories without the use of biological material. As psychedelics-assisted therapy gains momentum, investors need to understand the difference between the current available means of obtaining psilocybin. Field Trip Health's Director of Research joins Benzinga to discuss future pathways & opportunities in the space.