Journal of Psychedelic Psychiatry

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Latest issue Volume 7 Issue 2 out now!

My and @JoePullara24’s recent editorial explaining the issues with the FDA advisory Committee’s concerns about MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy journalofpsychedelicpsychiatry.org/advocacy

Extremely disappointed in the @US_FDA countless patients will needlessly suffer due to this decision. I hope elected official take note and can work legislatively to create alternative pathways for approval. @DanCrenshawTX @nickgillespie @MAPS @maps psychedelicalpha.com/news/breaking-…

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In the latest issue Dr. Joe Pullara and I analyze and respond to @icer_review's #MDMA report and the FDA Advisory Committee's decision to recommend against #MDMA Approval. journalofpsychedelicpsychiatry.org/current-issue

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@rbganatra I was listening to the latest @thecurbsiders podcast and your discussion about @NEJM's study on #Ketamine vs. #ECT for treatment of depression. Hopefully I provide few insights. 1. As you noted the Open Label, Outpatient design clearly favors Ketamine and also the potential bias exhibited by individual opting out of ECT prior to treatment and the lost to follow up issues with ECT also raise concerns. 2. ECT is well known to work better for severe inpatient depression (specifically catatonic, psychotic, and melancholic subtypes). 3. ECT is also traditionally done 3x/week for 4 weeks not 3 weeks. Right Unilateral placement is typically more common so would be the "standard of care" but if you want to determine efficacy Bilateral should have been used as this is more effective than RUL. 4. A recent study looking at ECT vs Ketamine in inpatients found ECT was still superior in this population (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35020871/). 5. Additionally, studies have looked at adding Ketamine to ECT as the anesthetic agent and findings have not found any benefit in those patients compared to ECT and a traditional anesthesia agent (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28383867/). 6. Regarding the QIDS to measure the primary outcome this psychometric tool may not be the best option to measure depression symptoms and has recently been called into question in other Psychiatric studies (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37122239/). 7. In conclusion, this study design really was set up to favor Ketamine but given that Ketamine has more favorable risk profiles compared to ECT it is possible and based on my practice more likely that outpatients (event those with significant TRD) would opt and prefer Ketamine therapy compared to ECT. This is due to fewer weekly treatments and better recovery post treatments. All of this said more research is definitely needed and hopefully with better psychometric measures to adequately measure depression symptom burden.

Hot off the presses on a hot summer day! Volume 5 Issue 2 of The Journal of Psychedelic Psychiatry is available now! #Psychiatry #psychedelic #psychedelics #MedTwitter journalofpsychedelicpsychiatry.org/current-issue

@AaronRodgers12 discussing using #psychedelic substances for performance enhancement with @AubreyMarcus #NFL #MAPS2023 #PsychedelicScience

Psychedelic Science 2023 waiting on @AaronRodgers12 #MAPS2023 #PsychedelicScience

This is no April Fools joke. Volume 5 Issue 1 of The Journal of Psychedelic Psychiatry is available now! #Psychiatry #psychedelic #psychedelics #MedTwitter journalofpsychedelicpsychiatry.org/current-issue

Start your New Year off on the right foot! Volume 4 Issue 4 of The Journal of Psychedelic Psychiatry is available now! #Psychiatry #psychedelic #psychedelics #MedTwitter journalofpsychedelicpsychiatry.org/current-issue

Volume 4 Issue 3 of The Journal of Psychedelic Psychiatry is available now! #Psychiatry #psychedelic #psychedelics #MedTwitter journalofpsychedelicpsychiatry.org/current-issue

Volume 4 Issue 2 of The Journal of Psychedelic Psychiatry is available now! #Psychiatry #psychedelic #psychedelics #MedTwitter journalofpsychedelicpsychiatry.org/current-issue

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Long-term (12 month follow-up) results of our waiting-list controlled study of psilocybin-assisted therapy for MDD are out today in JOP: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… 1/ 🧵