Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy as Published in Los Angeles Psychotherapy Association Digest, Spring Volume 2024
Eva Altobelli, MD David Laramie, PhD We are experiencing a mental health crisis, and rates of depression and suicide continue to rise. According to the Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, “Mental health has become the defining public health and societal challenge of our time ” (CDC, 2023). Over 30% of the population is suffering from mental health disorders and addiction (SAMHSA, 2021), and seventy percent of those suffering do not receive any mental health treatment. (Chatterjee, 2023). In the face of this, it is imperative that the field of mental health broaden its horizons in search of potential treatments.
Integrative Psychiatry: Remembering the Soul of Our Work
The word psychiatry carries a history that most of us rarely pause to consider. Its roots trace back to the Medieval Latin psychiatria, which itself is woven from two Greek words: psykhē, meaning mind or soul, and iatreia, meaning healing or care. Built into the very language is an ancient understanding that this field was always meant to tend to the soul. And yet, somewhere along the long arc of scientific progress, we drifted from that. For decades—and in some ways, centuries—we leaned heavily into models that viewed human beings primarily as biological systems, fascinating and intricate, yes, but [...]
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