António J. Santos: "Society has to realize that Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy is an asset."

After The Clinic of Change's 1st Scientific Conference on Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy, we heard from António J. Santos, Professor of Psychology at ISPA and a member of the William James Center for Research.

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António J. Santos' statements on Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy:

The contributions of Prof. David Nutt and the other colleagues and professionals here, it's really very important to retain, have been in the sense that this whole new perspective of treatment with ketamine [ketamine] is supported by unquestionable empirical evidence. That's what's so important, because we could never just use our values, or political or cultural orientation, to be able to promote a certain type of intervention.

The part about scientific research, scientific support... it's also very important that our authorities and our scientific societies, and the teachers and professionals themselves, are aware that there is what Albino Maia stressed: security. That there is security.

And we also need to call for our health services, our state, to somehow take on the responsibility of providing the best possible treatment for the public, and also to provide, let's say, the most appropriate and thorough investigation, so that we can really discern the most efficient modalities here.

It's very important to distinguish what is recreation and what is the search for identity through substances, whether licit or illicit, to distinguish them from these trials. This is very important. Because in essence, many of the substances we use in medicine come from plants, for example, or from the animal world, some of which, we can quickly say, are also poisons, are also toxic if they are not organized and regulated. We also can't vary the doses or, let's say, give our personal touch to the dosage or the way we use them.

Conclusions of the conference on Psychotherapy with Psychedelics

It's above all a question of scientific evidence, professional practice and, really, objective data on the effectiveness of the intervention. That's the most important thing.

The budget that we all contribute should be used for programs, interventions, activities, etc. that have proven to be effective, and not on their own. Effectiveness is always compared to other approaches. And I think that's also a key message. Nor will this move forward just because of a question of values, or a cultural or academic issue.

This progresses precisely if society realizes that, clearly, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy is a way forward, this is a way in which the cost/benefit ratio gives us added value.

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