Psychedelic Medicine – what does the future hold?

Prof David Castle

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Prof David Castle

Psychiatrist; Inaugural Scientific Director, Centre for Complex Interventions (CCI) at the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Canada; Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Toronto Honorary Affiliation - Professor of Psychiatry at St Vincent’s Health and The University of Melbourne

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Professor David Castle, Chair Psychiatry St Vincent’s Hospital and University of Melbourne and Board Director Mind Medicine Australia, answers some of the big questions about the re-emerging field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in this Q&A.

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