What Is in a Name? The Many Meanings of “Psychedelic”

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Available from: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/events/2022/psychedelics-as-therapeutics-gaps-challenges-and-opportunities for recordings from the NIH-sponsored 2022 workshop Psychedelics as Therapeutics: Gaps, Challenges and Opportunities, in which research into psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine was included under the rubric of “psychedelic medicine.” Of particular interest may be the introduction and discussion led by Elias Dakwar at the end of “Theme 2.” [Last accessed: July 11, 2023].

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