Psychedelics and Wellness with Dr. Roger McIntyre and Dr. Ishrat Husain

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They’re portrayed as a mechanism to achieve self-knowledge in the Amazon Prime show,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nine Perfect Strangers</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. They were the subject of promising clinical trials in the</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">New England Journal of Medicine</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nature Medicine</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. They fascinate Joe Rogan and Tim Ferris, and their promise was even the subject of a book by Michael Pollan (</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to Change Your Mind</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">). So is the buzz about psychedelics justified? What’s the deal with microdosing? And exactly which mental illnesses might benefit from psychedelic therapies? Psychopharmacologist Dr. Roger McIntyre of the University Health Network and Dr. Ishrat Husain, a psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, discuss the latest scientific developments for psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine and more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://www.eatmovethinkpodcast.com/podcast/ep-84-psychedelics-and-wellness"> Episode 84 webpage</a>.</span></p> <p><strong>LINKS </strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Learn more about Dr. Roger McIntyre’s company,</span> <a href= "https://braxiascientific.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Braxia Scientific</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, his</span> <a href= "https://crtce.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Canadian Rapid Treatment Center of Excellence</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and the rest of his publications</span> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=McIntyre+RS&cauthor_id=32460184"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Here’s Dr. McIntyre’s</span> <a href= "https://www.pharmtox.utoronto.ca/faculty-roger-s-mcintyre-md-frcpc"> <spa