Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds: Psychedelics and the Treatment of Substance Use Disorder

The Yale Program in Addiction Medicine is pleased to welcome guest speaker, Albert Garcia-Romeu, PhD, for Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds on March 12th, 2024, 12:00-1:00pm.

This event will be held virtually via Zoom.

Title: Psychedelics and the Treatment of Substance Use Disorder

Learning objectives:

1. Overview the history of clinical research with psychedelics
2. Evaluate research to date on using psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of substance use disorders
3. Identify hypothesized mechanisms of psychedelic-assisted interventions for substance use disorders.

Addiction Medicine Grand Rounds are CME accredited. Each session will be assigned 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.

Albert Garcia-Romeu, PhD, is a member of the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a Guest Researcher at the National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Neuroimaging Research Branch, where he studies the effects of psychedelic drugs in humans, with a focus on psilocybin as an aid in the treatment of addiction. He received his doctorate in 2012 from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, where he researched self-transcendence and meditation, and their role in mental health. His current research interests include clinical applications of psychedelics, mindfulness, and altered states of consciousness, and their underlying neurobiological and psychological mechanisms. As a faculty member of the Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit (BPRU) he is involved in examining the effects of diverse drugs, and applying qualitative and mixed methods to understanding drug effects, risks, abuse liability, and therapeutic potential.