Psychedelic to Psychoactive: A New Treatment for Depression | John Sharp | TEDxBoston
Some psychoactive substances, previously banned from medical research, are now proven able to provide a credible cure for clinical depression-- a real reconnection to health, to the good in you and in the world. Ask yourself: what kind of overall experience of healing would you want were you to become depressed? Therapy helps illuminate false truths and re-write your inner narrative. But rather than waiting alone for a medication with plenty of possible side effects to eventually work, might you not prefer to join in on an accompanied healing journey, one which offers the promise of immediate relief of suffering and a much greater realization of your getting all the way better? For the first time in a long while, the future of psychiatry, looks very different, indeed wonderful to me, offering a new consciousness in the treatment of depression and more. A board-certified psychiatrist for over 25 years treating patients and their families facing a broad spectrum of mental health issues — mood disorders such as depression, anxiety, addiction, bipolar disorder, dual diagnosis, and the risk of suicide. He has treated thousands of patients and their families in Boston and Los Angeles and consults nationally as well as internationally.
Doctor Sharp is a graduate with high honors of Harvard College and The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He trained at The University of California San Francisco where he was appointed Chief Resident. Doctor Sharp has served with distinction in numerous professional leadership capacities. He is a Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists, The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, and The American Psychiatric Association. He has been nominated by his peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America every year for the past decade.
As a long time faculty member at Harvard Medical School, Doctor Sharp trains first and second year students how to make their initial interactions with patients more meaningful. His teaching style is integrative: Doctor Sharp shares stories and observations from his clinical experience and brings former patients into the classroom to illustrate his points about the doctor/patient relationship and the psychiatrist/patient dynamic. At the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Doctor Sharp teaches third year students about the principles of doctoring.
He has won numerous awards from students for his teaching, and received national recognition from the American Psychiatric Association. Doctor Sharp is a member of the Academy of Medical Educators at Harvard. He participated in the redesign of its Medical School’s New Pathway medical curriculum, launched in 2016 and also works actively on programs with the Dean for External Education there. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
Some psychoactive substances, previously banned from medical research, are now proven able to provide a credible cure for clinical depression– a real reconnection to health, to the good in you and in the world. Ask yourself: what kind of overall experience of healing would you want were you to become depressed? Therapy helps illuminate false truths and re-write your inner narrative. But rather than waiting alone for a medication with plenty of possible side effects to eventually work, might you not prefer to join in on an accompanied healing journey, one which offers the promise of immediate relief of suffering and a much greater realization of your getting all the way better? For the first time in a long while, the future of psychiatry, looks very different, indeed wonderful to me, offering a new consciousness in the treatment of depression and more. A board-certified psychiatrist for over 25 years treating patients and their families facing a broad spectrum of mental health issues — mood disorders such as depression, anxiety, addiction, bipolar disorder, dual diagnosis, and the risk of suicide. He has treated thousands of patients and their families in Boston and Los Angeles and consults nationally as well as internationally.
Doctor Sharp is a graduate with high honors of Harvard College and The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He trained at The University of California San Francisco where he was appointed Chief Resident. Doctor Sharp has served with distinction in numerous professional leadership capacities. He is a Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists, The Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, and The American Psychiatric Association. He has been nominated by his peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America every year for the past decade.
As a long time faculty member at Harvard Medical School, Doctor Sharp trains first and second year students how to make their initial interactions with patients more meaningful. His teaching style is integrative: Doctor Sharp shares stories and observations from his clinical experience and brings former patients into the classroom to illustrate his points about the doctor/patient relationship and the psychiatrist/patient dynamic. At the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Doctor Sharp teaches third year students about the principles of doctoring.
He has won numerous awards from students for his teaching, and received national recognition from the American Psychiatric Association. Doctor Sharp is a member of the Academy of Medical Educators at Harvard. He participated in the redesign of its Medical School’s New Pathway medical curriculum, launched in 2016 and also works actively on programs with the Dean for External Education there. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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Sadly, when these new wonderdrugs are finally approved, we'll learn that the cost of visiting a clinic to administer them is upward of a thousand dollars – and the huge majority of "patients" who need them can't afford to even step through the door.
They should do sit-ups where the upper part of the abdomen is worked, with the legs raised and trying to touch the feet with the hands and its variants that work the upper part of the abdomen, they will see improvements quickly. That upper abdominal exercise will take away your depression and anxiety, it will also heal your mind….
Years ago I was put on an SSRI and it ruined my life! It took away my professional career that I loved. After stopping the SSRI it took close to 20 years to rebuild that career.
Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here
“Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behaviour and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong.”
― Terence McKenna
Top Treatment for Depression i have use so far, look up, i always order from them, fast process and came on time.
Lets not get ahead of ourselves. Anything can be abused. Water can be abused. Ketamine and ecstasy DEFINITELY can be abused.
Only if you've gone through major depression you'd understand that nothing is off the table.
And the Western World is finally catching up with our Indigenous Elders.