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Beyond Medicalization: Psychedelic Therapy and the Promise of Community-Based Healing

Mad in America

Colorado’s approach importantly emphasizes natural medicines in their fungal and plant forms rather than synthetic compounds and allows for multiple pathways for legal use. Rather than isolating treatment to the individual patient, community-based psychedelic frameworks recognize that healing happens in relationship.

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Filling the Gaps in SUD Care Coordination

National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW - the

As opposed to other chronic conditions, the risk of symptom recurrence in SUD is shaped by more than just clinical treatment; it is also shaped by social stability, stigma and ongoing access to peer and community support. This contributes to missed referrals and inadequate transition support between service settings.

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Maryland Enacts a “Draconian” Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

Mad in America

For over fifty years in America, pro-force family advocacy organizations, closely allied with the medical and judicial establishments, have worked to roll back the clock to the days when they had more legal control over the lives of those under their care. Proponents of court-ordered treatment also frequently argue that it is voluntary.