PsychEd Episode 43: Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy with Dr. Emma Hapke and Dr. Daniel Rosenbaum

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This episode covers psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy with Dr Emma Hapke and Dr Daniel Rosenbaum, both of whom are psychiatrists at the University Health Network in Toronto and co-founders of UHN’s Nikean Psychedelic Psychotherapy Research Centre (in addition to being lecturers in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto).</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The learning objectives for this episode are as follows:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By the end of this episode, you should be able to…</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Briefly describe the history of psychedelics in psychiatry</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">List the four classes of psychedelic drugs and their mechanism of action</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Summarize the evidence regarding</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">psychedelic</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">-assisted psychotherapy for various psychiatric disorders</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Discuss patient selection considerations for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Describe the safety, tolerability and possible side effects of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Understand how a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy session is practically carried out</span></li> </ol> <p> </p> <p><strong>Guests</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Dr Emma Hapke and Dr Daniel Rosenbaum</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Hosts</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: D