Psychedelics in Psychiatry (no CEUs)
Exploring the Potential Use of Psychedelics for the Improvement of Persistent and Intractable Mental Health Symptoms and Implications for Nursing Practice
Psychedelics have been used for thousands of years across the globe as a means to improve life, happiness, spirituality, and medical/psychiatric issues. Throughout the 1950's and 60's psychedelics were used with over 40,000 patients, several dozen books were published, six international conferences were held, and over 1,000 clinical papers were published. Nurses have been involved in psychedelic therapy since the beginning, often staying with patients during their trips in state hospitals. This all came to a screeching halt when psychedelics were placed into a schedule I.
Recently there has been a resurgence in interest in the mystical properties with psychedelics by many, often attributed to the release of "How to Change Your Mind" by Michael Pollan and coverage by 60 Minutes. The use of psychedelics are now being explored for a plethora of clinical applications ranging from; depression, addiction, PTSD, anorexia, palliative and end of life. In this course we will explore some of these clincal indications and how nurses can ensure to maintain their place in psychedelic therapies.
This class does not offer contact hours for nurses, if you are looking to earn contact hours please enroll in theater class here.
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Your Instructor
C.J. Spotswood, MSN, RN-BC, aka "EntheoNurse”, is a board certified psychiatric-mental health Registered Nurse working in an emergency department in central Maine. C.J. is a 3rd generation male nurse and has 20 years of psychiatric nursing experience. C.J. recently graduated from the University of Southern Maine completing his Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. For his undergrad nursing degree, C.J. graduated from one of 15 nursing schools endorsed as a holistic school of nursing, at the University of Maine at Augusta
C.J. has presented at the American Psychiatric Nurse Association’s National Conference on psychedelics in psychiatry, taught master classes for Psychedelics Today’s Navigating Psychedelics: Clinicians & Therapists education program, co-authored Psychedelic.Support’s continuing education module on psilocybin, and is a past presenter at the Mt. Tam’s Psilocybin Summit. C.J. is a charter member of the International Association of Psychedelic Nurses. C.J. also has a forthcoming guidebook on microdosing psychedelics, which will be available spring 2022. When he is not working or in school, he can be found spending time with his wife Magen and his daughter Malarie exploring Maine’s outdoors and craft breweries.
To find out more follow C.J. on his website Entheonurse.com or his Facebook page