Psychedelic Conferences: "Nothing About Us Without Us!"

Ketamine Insights

02/23/23 • 7 min

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None of the many psychedelic conferences in 2023 have slots for patients to speak. The disability rights movement declares, "Nothing about us without us!" but instead of valuing patients' lived experiences or practicing trauma-informed medicine, the field of psychedelic medicine is excluding us from the rooms (and zooms) where policies are debated and best practices established.
In this episode, Molly gives an update on season two (coming soon!) and provides some perspective on the marginalization of patient voices. Spoiler: she argues that the field of psychedelic medicine is building structures of violence against the patients it hopes to serve. One swear word appears in this episode.
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02/23/23 • 7 min

Ketamine Insights - Psychedelic Conferences: "Nothing About Us Without Us!"

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Hi Everyone!
It's Molly from Ketamine Insights coming to you with a short episode between seasons one and two to provide you with an update and also a little editorial about patient voices.
I'm super excited to report that our listenership is continuing to grow even as we take a break to prepare for season two. So far, all of that growth is coming from listener enthusiasm and word of mouth, which is really exciting for us because that's the best kind of marketing... basically cuz I don

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