The Future Of Mental Health: Psychedelic Medicine For Depression, Addiction, Trauma, And More with Dr. Pamela Kryskow

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, ButcherBox, Joovv, and ARMRA. Mental health problems are the number one driver of indirect healthcare costs, loss of productivity, and diminished quality of life. Yet, we aren’t very successful at treating them with modern medicine. Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I am excited to talk to Dr. Pamela Kryskow about the renaissance of psychedelic medicine and how these compounds are finally being recognized as powerful tools for overcoming hard-to-treat health issues like PTSD, depression, addiction, and more. Dr. Pamela Kryskow is a medical doctor and the medical lead of the non-profit Roots To Thrive Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Programs, which treats people with PTSD, depression, anxiety, substance use challenges, and with end-of-life distress. She is a founding board member of the Psychedelic Association of Canada and the medical chair of the Vancouver Island University Post Graduate Certificate in Psychedelic Medicine-assisted Therapy. Her ongoing research includes psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine, microdosing, front-line healthcare workers, and first responder's mental wellness. Prior to studying medicine, she was a City of Coquitlam Firefighter for eight years and a provincial forestry firefighter for four seasons. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, ButcherBox, Joovv, and ARMRA. Access more than 3,000 specialty lab tests with Rupa Health. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com today. For new members of ButcherBox, you can receive New York strip steaks for a year PLUS $20 off your first order. Go to ButcherBox.com/farmacy and use code FARMACY. Visit Joovv.com/FARMACY to take advantage of these unbeatable Black Friday deals. Don't miss out on this limited-time offer! Sale ends 11/27. Receive 15% off your first order of ARMRA Colostrum. Go to tryarmra.com/MARK or enter MARK to get 15% off your first order. Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version): The history and resurgence of psychedelic medicine (8:36 / 6:44) Effectiveness and cost savings of psychedelic therapy (10:00 / 8:07) Psilocybin and depression treatment (12:48 / 10:55) How psychedelics work in the brain (18:34 / 16:40) Pamela’s real-world experience providing psychedelic therapy (28:43 / 24:28) Microdosing psychedelics (43:40 / 39:25) Government regulation of psychedelic medicine in Canada (53:11 / 48:56) The future of psychedelic medicine (1:00:51 / 56:37) Learn more at rootstothrive.com.