Frontiers in Psychiatry
2023
Philip E. Wolfson, Julane Andries, Daniel Ahlers et al.
27 citations
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is a promising new treatment for a variety of mental disorders of adolescence. There is currently an adolescent mental health crisis, with a high prevalence of disorders, diagnostic complexity, and many adolescents failing to respond to conventional treatments. While there is strong evidence for the use of ketamine in adults for a variety of treatment-refractory...
Scientific Reports
November 24, 2020
Julane Andries, Lisa Jerome, Evan Sola et al.
170 citations
Abstract The success of modern medicine creates a growing population of those suffering from life-threatening illnesses (LTI) who often experience anxiety, depression, and existential distress. We present a novel approach; investigating MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of anxiety in people with an LTI. Participants with anxiety from an LTI were randomized in a double-blind study to...
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
July 1, 2014
Philip E. Wolfson
20 citations
Richard Yensen was a research fellow at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center from 1972 to 1976. He studied psychedelic psychotherapy with Stanislav Grof, M.D. and other senior staff. During this time he treated patients with substance abuse disorders, cancer, neurosis, and other health professionals seeking a training experience. Dr. Yensen did his Ph.D. dissertation on the use of MDA in...
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
July 1, 2014
Philip E. Wolfson
7 citations
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International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
July 1, 2014
Philip E. Wolfson
4 citations
A discussion of the nature of transformation and its relationship to psychedelic experiencesparticularly ketamine experiences-is presented and discussed along with a schema for thinking about types of states that may be encountered and transformations that may occur related to psychedelic use and practice. This is followed by a longitudinal historical approach for portraying and examining...
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
July 1, 2014
Philip E. Wolfson
2 citations
Prior studies have reported variously on the presence or absence of dissociative effects at subanesthtetic doses of ketamine administered for treatment-resistant depression. This mixedmethods study emulated the protocol used for the studies in question, with IV administration of 0.5mg/kg over 40 minutes with eight experienced ketamine users. Quantitative measures were generally insignificant...
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
July 1, 2014
Kenneth Ring, Ralph Metzner, Philip E. Wolfson
1 citation
Off-label use of ketamine as a mind-altering substance did not begin in the laboratory, but in the psychedelic culture that grew out of the 1960s counterculture movement. Whatever the risks and limitations of such experimentation, without them the remarkable therapeutic effects of the drug might well have gone unnoticed, and unresearched. The following personal accounts-both inspiring and...