# The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2019
- Speaker: Rick Doblin
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Chemistry, Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/rick_doblin_the_future_of_psychedelic_assisted_psychotherapy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Could psychedelics help us heal from trauma and mental illnesses? Researcher Rick Doblin has spent the past three decades investigating this question, and the results are promising. In this fascinating dive into the science of psychedelics, he explains how drugs like LSD, psilocybin and MDMA affect your brain -- and shows how, when paired with psychotherapy, they could change the way we treat PTSD, depression, substance abuse and more.

## Lectures

1. [The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/rick_doblin_the_future_of_psychedelic_assisted_psychotherapy/6c3bab539351), 17 min (TED's player)