Joining us in this episode is Ronan Levy, co-founder and Executive Chairman of Field Trip Psychedelics--a new company that is treating patients who have mental health diagnoses with ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Together, Dr. Weil, Dr. Maizes, and Levy discuss important aspects of psychedelic treatment. Dr. Weil defines psychedelic-assisted therapy and how it works.

Psychedelics, such as ketamine, MDMA, psilocybin, and LSD have been tightly controlled and highly debated substances for decades, but after several years of clinical trials, the FDA has recently awarded both MDMA and psilocybin, when used in conjunction with psychotherapy, with breakthrough status for the research of challenging mental health disorders, like PTSD. The breakthrough status designation means that the FDA will expedite the review of the research. Mental health advocates are keen to open these treatments to a wider demographic of patients. And, it’s important to note that there’s been a long tradition of psychedelic use as a healing practice among cultures across the world. So, is modern society ready to embrace psychedelics? Newly passed local laws in 2021 show that it’s becoming more widely accepted. Legal access to psilocybin is already available in parts of the US and Canada.

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In the Body of Wonder Podcast, Dr. Weil and internationally recognized integrative leader, author, and women’s health expert, Dr. Victoria Maizes will discuss integrative medicine with thought-provoking researchers, authors, and doctors. For two decades, Weil and Maizes have led a training program at the University of Arizona. Today, 2,000 healthcare practitioners have completed the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine and continue to apply the knowledge in their care of patients worldwide, develop clinical research, author medical textbooks, and more.

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