Resources
Information and support are out there. Here are a few places to get started.
Learn more about Ketamine!
The Ketamine Treatment Guide for Mental Health provides accessible information, including links to videos, all about ketamine.
Gather some pearls on the use of IM and IV ketamine in the clinic setting by listening to Dr. Craig Heacock’s 20-minute, Tales from the Abyss podcast episode, “Ketamine– Lesson’s from 3,000 Sessions.”
Research minded?Maybe start with Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy: A Systematic Narrative Review of the Literature by Drozd et al (2022).
Seeking educational information about psychedelics?
Co-Founded by Allison Feduccia, Ph.D, a neuropharmacologist, psychedelic researcher, and educator, Psychedelic.Support is a great platform.
Also, check out the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics– focused on psychedelic research, training, and public education.
Need support?
Local to Western Mass, The Wildflower Alliance is a grassroots Peer Support, Advocacy, and Training organization. Please check out their many offerings!
I’d be remiss not to share the Zendo Project’s Support Resources, offerings include numbers for crisis hotlines, links to spiritual crisis support networks and more.
For support specific to psychedelics…
Fireside Project offers a Psychedelic Support Line, open daily and reachable by phone and text! TripSit offers a webchat. Both sites share lots of harm reduction information!
Trying to navigate the traditional mental health care system?
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health provides some tools.
If you or a family member are experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis and feel like you need help within one hour, you can call 1-877-382-1609. Listen to the message, and enter your zip code. Your call will be automatically transferred to the community behavioral health center closest to you.
Are you a nurse?
OPENurses – the Organization of Psychedelic and Entheogenic Nurses welcomes you. Even if you’re not a nurse, their resources are worth a look!
Healthcare workers, Veterans and others, check out initiatives through Reconsider! I cherish my experience at their Second Nurses Invitational Gathering (here’s a video!).
Work with trusted partners…
Located in Greenfield, MA, SAPIENCE offers further options for Ketamine Assisted Therapy as well as provider training opportunities!
Guardian at the Gateway offers heartfelt wisdom to both individuals and practitioners through virtual courses and coaching programs.
Local to Western Massachusetts, Tam Integration offers online and in-person training opportunities, integration circles, and more!
Looking for clinical trials?
Find them at ClinicalTrials.gov.
Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics may be worth checking out.
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