Psychedelic Treatments: Bringing Out the Truth
In a discussion with Charles Raison, Psych Congress co-chair and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Penn., psychedelics, when used as treatments were more than just finding another way to reduce a disease’s symptoms. Andrew D. Penn is also a Psych Congress member and an associate clinical professor at the University of California. He explains that psychedelics would redefine psychiatry as the substances focused on healing. The field of psychiatry has tried to find a means to cure people, without success. Instead, the field has succeeded in reducing or rather, managing symptoms, which is not necessarily a bad thing. It…