Emerging Drug-Assisted Therapies and the Future of Behavioral Health
On July 22, 2021, Pennsylvania Office of Advocacy and Reform hosted the webcast joined by Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Hannah McLane, MD, Joseph McCowan, PsyD. One of the goals set by the PA Office of Advocacy and Reform for the upcoming year was to explore innovative and evidence-based approaches that could help vulnerable populations heal from trauma. As part of this effort, we have set up an educational presentation with some of the leading doctors, therapists, and thought leaders in the field of psychedelic-assisted treatment.
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SoundMind Center Building: Tour of Our Clinic
We’ve been hard at work renovating our clinic site at 4623 Spruce Street in Philadelphia, PA. As we prepare for our clinic launch on August 1, we are so excited to share a tour of our space, including our clinical rooms, event space, overnight lodging, and back garden. We’ve come so far in transforming this building into a multi-use site for psychedelic healing, clinician training, and community gathering! In the coming months, we will continue renovations on our basement floor, building wheelchair accessible clinical spaces and a mycology lab.
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SoundMind Center Building: First Progress Tour
What a start to 2021! January has hardly begun, and we are reminded again that now, more than ever, we need the healing benefits an psychedelic approach to wellness and trauma therapy.
We are so excited to give you a quick first tour of our building that we have been working so hard on preparing for these purposes.
Take a look, and expect more to come soon!!
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Psychedelic Trauma Healing in 2021: Let’s Do it!
As we brace for a new year which promises a slow but steady reduction of COVID-19 infection rates, we begin to assess the traumatic mental health effects that the pandemic left in its wake. This is an enormous task— one that will likely take years to address. Frontline healthcare workers who have been fighting COVID-19 for the majority of the past year and patients intubated in ICUs due to COVID-19 have a PTSD rate of up to 35%.
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Psychedelic Holiday Wishes From SoundMind
Happy Holidays from SoundMind! Here’s what we did in 2020, and what we are looking forward to in 2021.
2020 has been a challenging year for so many of us, but also a time of reflection and renewal, a time to mobilize our resources toward an exciting future. At SoundMind, we have continued our work to make psychedelic healing accessible to all, and we remain forever optimistic…
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SoundMind Center Philadelphia • Building Progress
Just an update on the building. We plan to open in May and we can't wait to show you the spot. It is so many things: beautiful, cozy, historical, fabulous. We can't wait to have many a gathering about psychedelics, plants, mushrooms, meditation, music, and revolutions in this gorgeous space. The address is 4623 Spruce Street if you want to check out the location on a map or gaze at it with excitement as you walk by.
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Growing Evidence Supports Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for Depression
Recent clinical trial demonstrates significant and lasting reduction in depression after just two psilocybin sessions
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Wellness and Centering in Times of Crisis: A SoundMind Series for Solidarity
Thank you, to everyone who participated on Sunday, June 14th for our inaugural event! We are thrilled to have the privilege to continue to provide free and accessible content. Our next installment, to air in early August, is sure to be a fascinating and informative installment that you will not want to miss. We have an exciting lineup of speakers to expect. Check out our list of confirmed speakers and topics!
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Racial Justice and the Whitewashing of Psychedelics: Article and Talk with Steph Fèini Yĭn
Steph Fèini Yĭn Steph Yin talks at the Psyched Conference: An Exploration of the Psychedelic Ecosystem about their article related to psychedelics for POC and healing racial trauma.
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Radio Spot: Dr. McLane on Racial Disparities and Distributive Justice in light of COVID-19
Hannah McLane, MD, MA, MPH joined Andrea Lawful Sanders of WURD Radio live on The Source to discuss distributive justice and the racial disparities at play in the U.S. plan for allocating scarce resources in light of COVID-19.
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COVID-19: Why “Save the Most Lives” is Not Equitable to Black Lives
New Piece by Hannah McLane MD just published on WHYY; "In my opinion, what defines a ‘fair’ resource allocation choice? It is one that considers not just the number of lives saved, but also what is behind those lives. Being fair about where our efforts go and not being biased based on a deluded notion that we are all starting out on a level playing field."
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SoundMind response to COVID-19 and Solidarity Series
We are offering free educational content about wellness and healing as part of our Solidarity Series initiative. We are also currently raising funds to provide free and sliding scale therapy to frontline healthcare providers and essential workers affected by COVID-19. Spaces will be limited to available funding. Please consider donating to our effort.
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PTSD and Psychedelics in the age of COVID-19: An Ethical Framework for Inclusivity
During this COVID crisis, we are faced with a real life bioethics challenge, and we have been contemplating how we can best support our community through the difficult times ahead. To provide some insight into how we are thinking about this issue, we are sharing the presentation Michelle Joy and Hannah McLane gave last summer at the SOAP Conference in Pittsburgh.
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Can magic mushrooms and LSD treat depression and anxiety? Scientists are optimistic.
SoundMind Center is mentioned in our local media, the Philadelphia Inquirer. This article discusses the potential of psychedelics, specifically psilocybin and LSD, in the medical setting and notes the progress of the MDMA clinical trials for PTSD: "Upon FDA approval, the SoundMind Center, based in West Philly, will open a clinic in Cedar Park offering MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to populations with higher rates of PTSD." We are committed to quality care and access to these therapies and will be ready to provide psilocybin and LSD assisted therapy once legally available for medical use.
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MAPS Press Release: FDA Agrees to Expanded Access Program for MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD
MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Expanded Access program has been accepted by the FDA! The FDA will be allowing only a limited number of patients (less than 50 in the entire country) to enroll outside of the phase III trial. This is an incredible moment in the approval process.
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How researchers and advocates of color are forging their own paths in psychedelic-assisted therapy
Aisha Mohammed, a therapist at SoundMind, is quoted in this great piece on the importance of providing access to psychedelic therapies for people of color with PTSD, and others who have been targeted by the War on Drugs. We are so proud of our team who is leading the charge in Philadelphia to bring these incredible therapies into the mainstream, and specifically to the marginalized communities that need and deserve them most.
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A 2019 Year-End Message from the SoundMind Team
We hope your holidays are merry and you've been spending your days contemplating how amazing it would be if everyone with trauma and mental illness could have access to psychedelic therapies! As 2019 comes to a close, we want to remind you that you can make your tax-deductible donation to SoundMind Project up until midnight.
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Highlights from the Sleeping Octopus Assembly on Psychedelics
On September 27-29, members of the SoundMind team joined MAPS and the Pittsburgh Psychedelic Society for the Sleeping Octopus Assembly on Psychedelics (SOAP), an annual conference exploring the role of psychedelics in science, medicine, policy, and culture. The event, hosted at a historic mansion in Pittsburgh, PA, featured presentations, panels, and “tentacle” breakout sessions with experts and advocates working to advance psychedelic science, including SoundMind’s own Dr. Hannah McLane, and Dr. Michelle Joy!
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SoundMind Bulletin 002 • September 2019
Things are progressing here in the world of the SoundMind Center over the past month. Logistically and philosophically, we have been growing, and we are excited to share some of that with you - so check out some of the items below and we hope to see you either in Pittsburgh or somewhere, sometime, in the near future! …
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Reflections on Psychedelic Medicine and Cultural Trauma
We would like to share some of the things we learned at the Psychedelic Medicine and Cultural Trauma workshop in Kentucky, which our entire six-person therapy team attended on August 10–11th. It was an incredible learning and collaborative experience! The workshop was jam-packed with thought-provoking presentations and heartfelt sharing of personal narratives …
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