Dr Prash Puspanathan

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Dr Prash Puspanathan

General Practitioner; Neuropsychiatry Fellow, The Alfred Hospital Melbourne; Advisory board, Mind Medicine Australia and The Australian Psychedelic Society

Dr Prash Puspanathan is a medical doctor and has been a Neuropsychiatry Fellow at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne since 2013. Prash entered the field of Psychiatry so as to further his interest in the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. He has been an advocate on the importance of these medicine-assisted psychotherapies to the medical community, both in Australia and at conferences globally. He started and ran Psychonauts Onymous, Australia’s first monthly gathering of multidisciplinary professionals discussing current research into the psychedelic space.

Psychedelics – A game changer for mental health?

While evidence for effectiveness in managing mental health disorders is growing, it is resource-intensive and must involve trained psychotherapists in a specialised setup and follow up

Psychedelics – A game changer for mental health?

While evidence for effectiveness in managing mental health disorders is growing, it is resource-intensive and must involve trained psychotherapists in a specialised setup and follow up

By Dr Prash Puspanathan