Weekend Listen | Changing Minds: Psilocybin, Medicine, and the Limits of the Law (via White Coat, Black Art)
4/18/202649 min
On White Coat, Black Art, trusted ER doctor Brian Goldman brings you honest and surprising stories that can change your health and your life. Expect deep conversations with patients, families and colleagues that show you what is and isn't working in Canadian healthcare.
“Pistol” Pete Pearson, a 76-year-old living with a terminal lung disease, says psilocybin-assisted therapy transformed his end-of-life distress after he accessed it outside the medical system. While psilocybin remains illegal in Canada, researchers including UHN psychiatrist Dr. Joshua Rosenblat are running government-funded trials exploring its potential for mood disorders. More episodes of White Coat, Black Art are available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: https://link.mgln.ai/WCBAxIDEAS
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Pete Pearson· Guest0:29
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Nahlah Ayed· Host0:33
Hi there, it's Nahlah. We have a special bonus episode for Ideas listeners from White Coat, Black Art, a podcast hosted by emergency physician Dr. Brian Goldman. Each week, they dive into the culture of medicine, demystifying how Canadian healthcare really works, and often doesn't. The episode we're sharing is called Changing Minds: Psilocybin, Medicine, and the Limits of the Law. It's about a terminally ill grandfather who turns to psilocybin to ease his psychological distress, and he calls it life-changing. The drug is illegal in Canada, but federally funded psilocybin trials are showing that when combined with psychotherapy, the psychedelic may help people overcome their treatment-resistant depression. So will access to psilocybin soon change? Have a listen.
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