Psychedelics have long been employed by traditional healers to promote physical and mental recovery. The US Food and Drug Administration recently granted MDMA and psilocybin Breakthrough Therapy designation to accelerate study of their efficacy in psychiatric disorders while ketamine clinics multiply apace. Less obvious is the role which psychotherapy plays in the application and effectiveness of these compounds. This panel, designed to engage researchers, clinicians and policy makers, features Robert Koffman, M.D., CAPT, USN (Ret), first Senior Consultant for Integrative Medicine & Behavioral Health at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, Mark Bates, PhD, LtCol, USAF (Ret), former branch chief, Psychological Health Promotion, DoD Psychological Health Center of Excellence, Rachel Yehuda, PhD, Director, Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, and Harold Kudler, M.D., past Mental Health policy lead, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, who will review the pharmacological and psychological evidence base for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, describe its clinical application and consider the role which altered states (sweat lodges, Mesmerism, hypnosis, sodium amytal and psychedelics) have played over the centuries in clinical and cultural efforts to transcend psychological trauma.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the leading forms of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy currently under study and describe their technical application.
- Assess the evidence for the relative contributions of biological and psychological aspects of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD.
- Assess the role which psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy may play within your own theoretical approach to psychological trauma and your clinical practice.
Target Audience
Psychiatrists, Residents/Fellows, Medical Students, non-psychiatrist physicians, other mental health professionals
Estimated Time to Complete
Estimated Duration: 45 minutes
Begin Date: June 30, 2022
End Date: June 30, 2025
How to Earn Credit
Participants who wish to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ or a certificate of participation may do so by completing all sections of the course including the evaluation. After evaluating the program, course participants will be provided with an opportunity to claim hours of participation and print an official CME certificate (physicians) or certificate of participation (non-physicians) showing the completion date and hours earned.
Continuing Education Credit
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The APA designates this enduring CME activity for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Faculty and Planner Disclosures
Program Presenters
- Harold Kudler, Duke University. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Robert Kauffman, Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Mark Bates, Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Rachel Yehuda, PhD, Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
Program Planners
- Ebony Harris, Assistant Director, Assistant Director, Online Learning at APA. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Katie Putnam, Manager, Member Development at APA. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
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