The past twenty years have shown an exponential growth in scientific research on the effects of psychedelics. This research has begun to change popular stigmas about psychedelics to position these substances as medicines to treat a broad range of disorders and enhance human life. Psychedelic-assisted therapies are applied to ameliorate stress and anxiety, chronic pain, depression, insomnia, addiction, and substance abuse. Brain science is discovering that consistent changes in neural networks activated under the influence of psychedelic substances yield meaningful brain plasticity. Such increased growth and reorganization of brain networks allows for increased learning and healing. Medical and scientific researchers are just beginning to understand the potential therapeutic effects of psychedelic medicines for the mind and brain.
This panel explores the emerging scientific research on psychedelics and the impact of this research on clinical and therapeutic applications. You will gain more knowledge on how psychedelic medicines are being studied as interventions for long-term grief and chronic pain, relevance of psychedelics for the local community, and potential futures of scientific psychedelics research.
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