Separating Fact from Fantasy
Present Day Research Into Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, And The Critical Role Of Psychologists in This Emerging Field
What's the Buzz All About?
While psychedelics have historically been used for thousands of years across numerous cultures, it is only in roughly the last 25 years that there has been a resurgence of research in this area, as well as an explosion of interest in the psychotherapeutic use of these medicines as an aid in treating a wide variety of clinical conditions. It is not yet clear if the enthusiasm and exuberance surrounding this modality are deserved, or like many other promising new treatments, will be found to offer much less than it seems to be promising. This talk presents some important and crucial facts about psychedelics, provides a critical assessment of some of the recent research, examines the prevailing model of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, and offers several explanations for the putative mechanisms involved in the remarkable effects being reported, with emphasis placed on the possibility, that psychedelics are a “super” placebo.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this presentation, you will understand:
Completing this on-demand course will result in a 2 CE (2 hours) credits certificate.
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J. Gordon Reid