Rick Doblin
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And they found that that was tremendously effective as well because when your partner has got a life-threatening illness, it doesn't just affect them. It affects you as well. And often the therapy is focused, again, on the designated patient. So this kind of broadening the sense of who it is that is going to be treated and bringing in people's partners, I think, is going to be very important.
And they found that that was tremendously effective as well because when your partner has got a life-threatening illness, it doesn't just affect them. It affects you as well. And often the therapy is focused, again, on the designated patient. So this kind of broadening the sense of who it is that is going to be treated and bringing in people's partners, I think, is going to be very important.
And they found that that was tremendously effective as well because when your partner has got a life-threatening illness, it doesn't just affect them. It affects you as well. And often the therapy is focused, again, on the designated patient. So this kind of broadening the sense of who it is that is going to be treated and bringing in people's partners, I think, is going to be very important.
One of the works, Marcus and Amber Capone, who've done work with vets, they've brought probably by now about a thousand veterans down to Mexico for Ibogaine. And they have also started bringing their partners as well. They realize that you need to think about this as a family setting and to try to treat the entire family context. This raises another issue, which is to talk about group therapy.
One of the works, Marcus and Amber Capone, who've done work with vets, they've brought probably by now about a thousand veterans down to Mexico for Ibogaine. And they have also started bringing their partners as well. They realize that you need to think about this as a family setting and to try to treat the entire family context. This raises another issue, which is to talk about group therapy.
One of the works, Marcus and Amber Capone, who've done work with vets, they've brought probably by now about a thousand veterans down to Mexico for Ibogaine. And they have also started bringing their partners as well. They realize that you need to think about this as a family setting and to try to treat the entire family context. This raises another issue, which is to talk about group therapy.
So the scale of the trauma, in America, there's 13 million PTSD patients. This is the estimate by the Veterans Administration. You know, in Ukraine, we've got an entire country. When I was there, practically every family knows someone or has someone that has been injured or killed. And so you've got massive population-based trauma.
So the scale of the trauma, in America, there's 13 million PTSD patients. This is the estimate by the Veterans Administration. You know, in Ukraine, we've got an entire country. When I was there, practically every family knows someone or has someone that has been injured or killed. And so you've got massive population-based trauma.
So the scale of the trauma, in America, there's 13 million PTSD patients. This is the estimate by the Veterans Administration. You know, in Ukraine, we've got an entire country. When I was there, practically every family knows someone or has someone that has been injured or killed. And so you've got massive population-based trauma.
And to think about treating people as individuals is really important, but it's going to be hard to scale because of the limited number of therapists and psychiatrists and the cost of doing that. So the FDA has wanted all the research with LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, 5-MAO-DMT, to start on an individual basis. But there's new studies now that are going to be working on group therapy.
And to think about treating people as individuals is really important, but it's going to be hard to scale because of the limited number of therapists and psychiatrists and the cost of doing that. So the FDA has wanted all the research with LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, 5-MAO-DMT, to start on an individual basis. But there's new studies now that are going to be working on group therapy.
And to think about treating people as individuals is really important, but it's going to be hard to scale because of the limited number of therapists and psychiatrists and the cost of doing that. So the FDA has wanted all the research with LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, 5-MAO-DMT, to start on an individual basis. But there's new studies now that are going to be working on group therapy.
So one of the first in America was at the Portland, Oregon VA, and it was four therapists for six veterans. And it started out where each one got an individual session first, and then they got a group session.
So one of the first in America was at the Portland, Oregon VA, and it was four therapists for six veterans. And it started out where each one got an individual session first, and then they got a group session.
So one of the first in America was at the Portland, Oregon VA, and it was four therapists for six veterans. And it started out where each one got an individual session first, and then they got a group session.
and there's two basic kinds of trauma in the military one is war related or accident training related and the other is what they call military sexual trauma there's a lot of sexual abuse by veterans or by military active duty people of other people in the in the military and they call that military sexual trauma
and there's two basic kinds of trauma in the military one is war related or accident training related and the other is what they call military sexual trauma there's a lot of sexual abuse by veterans or by military active duty people of other people in the in the military and they call that military sexual trauma
and there's two basic kinds of trauma in the military one is war related or accident training related and the other is what they call military sexual trauma there's a lot of sexual abuse by veterans or by military active duty people of other people in the in the military and they call that military sexual trauma
And so what they've learned is they have to separate those groups when they do the group therapy, because if you're a military person who's been abused by other people in the military, that you might not feel safe if you're in a context of group therapy.
And so what they've learned is they have to separate those groups when they do the group therapy, because if you're a military person who's been abused by other people in the military, that you might not feel safe if you're in a context of group therapy.