Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy For The Terminally Ill | TheraPsil ~ ATTMind 133

TheraPsil is a coalition of healthcare professionals, patients, and advocates dedicated to fighting for the rights of Canadians facing end-of-life or illness-related distress to have legal access to therapeutic psychedelics. Members of the TheraPsil team join ATTMIND for a discussion about their legal argument for access to psilocybin-assisted therapy for the terminally ill here in Canada; the role of psilocybin in helping alleviate the existential suffering that comes during a person's dying time (and thus into talk about life's meaning and its presence or absence in that dying time. --LINKS--   For links to TheraPsil's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind133 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below***   --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST —   ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/   This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/coffee Use promo code JESSO to get 10% off your order and give 5% to psychedelic research.   ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter   *** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, Eliz C, & Chuck W   ************** Episode Breakdown   What access to psilocybin-assisted therapy for terminally ill patients matters Our constitutional right to psilocybin How psilocybin has helped me with the anxiety of knowing I will die The ignorance of the modern medical paradigm around mental health issues The modern medical paradigm's focus on suppression rather than healing The cultural limitations to undoing bad laws Why society more receptive to psychedelics now then they were in the 60s Psilocybin revealing the meaning of life through the dissolution of cultural ideologies The psychological context of a dying person and why psilocybin-assisted therapy for the terminally ill is helpful in that context The negative cultural paradigm we have around death worsens end of life distress and how psilocybin helps Dying people are generally on a lot of drugs, how to assess the pharmacological safety of psilocybin in that context The complexities of pain management during psilocybin-assisted therapy for the terminally ill Advice to palliative nurses based on lessons learned in psilocybin assisted therapy for terminal anxiety Pain management reduction of total pain after a psilocybin experience The increase of spiritual care in palliative medicine What it took for therapsil to succeed in getting access to dying patients in Canada Will decriminalization hinder medical access? The impact increased access to psilocybin might have for society The successful progression of medical science; achieving patient access to psilocybin-assisted therapy for the terminally ill   ************** --- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST —   ► Patreon: https://patreon.com/jameswjesso ► Donations: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=383635S3BKJVS ► Merchandise: https://www.jameswjesso.com/shop/ ► More options: https://www.jameswjesso.com/support/   This episode's Sponsor: https://www.jameswjesso.com/coffee Use promo code JESSO to get 10% off your order and give 5% to psychedelic research.   ► Newsletter: https://www.jameswjesso.com/newsletter

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