Reflections on Psychedelic Science 2023
I just spent a week in Denver with one of my closest friends from medical school attending the MAPS Psychedelic Science 2023 conference....
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Josh Short MD
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Emergence Room: Embracing Growth through Nature and Ketamine Therapy
(Luna Moth, Bent Creek, Corvair Trail) In a culture obsessed with the myth of progress, it is easy to think of growth as a straight line,...
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Josh Short MD
- Mar 14
- 7 min
First, do no harm.
Why don’t we prescribe Ketamine for home use? After all, it's safe, effective, and cheap, right? Some quick background is warranted, in...
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Josh Short MD
- Jan 10
- 6 min
Naturally Healing
“It has been proposed that administering psychedelics in natural settings known to elicit awe may enhance treatment efficacy of...
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Erika McClung
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
Grief and recovery: Thoughts on nature-inspired therapy
I knew there would come a time when I would try to put into words my experience with guiding nature therapy. Right now I am grieving from...
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Josh Short MD
- Oct 9, 2022
- 3 min
On the Loss of a Friend
The experience of grief is unique for each of us. With empathy we realize that, while we are all sharing in grief, we are also all...
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Tiffany Sauls, MD
- Sep 20, 2022
- 2 min
Building Bridges: One Year of Asheville Integrative Psychiatry
We just celebrated our first year of serving clients out at Asheville Integrative Psychiatry and I have been reflecting on what an...
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Josh Short MD
- Aug 24, 2022
- 4 min
Reclaiming Connection: Looking beyond pharmaceuticals in the digital era
"We headed south down the forested island after eating dried dates lightly drizzled in LSD. The day was windy with feathered streaks of...
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Josh Short MD
- May 25, 2022
- 5 min
Sometimes tripping means falling down
When a friend and I discovered that our high school had no debate team, we realized that a golden opportunity existed. By creating a...
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Josh Short MD
- Apr 18, 2022
- 6 min
Bicycle Day (or the influence of pedaling under the influence)
4/19 is “Bicycle Day”, a minor holiday for some and a day of profound significance for others. It has little to do with bicycles and...
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Erika McClung
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min
A-bun-DANCE, Abundance, Move your buns dance
"Movement is based on a universal human necessity to express." -Tom Weklser Have you watched a newborn move lately? Have you seen the...
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Josh Short MD
- Mar 7, 2022
- 3 min
Single-Day Ketamine Therapy at Asheville Integrative Psychiatry
Every culture has its traditions with regards to healing. With western medicine, particularly allopathic medicine, the focus has been on...
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Josh Short MD
- Feb 10, 2022
- 4 min
Wilderness and Wellness: Deepening the Psychedelic Experience
Perhaps the most important difference between psychedelic medicines and other medicines is that the effect of psychedelic medicines...
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Josh Short MD
- Jan 6, 2022
- 3 min
Keeping the Pilot Light Lit
Combining integrative psychiatry, psychedelic assisted therapy, and nature connection into a single practice in the woods has been a long...
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Josh Short MD
- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
Charting Progress: Updates on MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD
There has a been a lot of interest in Dr Sauls' role as a principal investigator in the expanded access use of MDMA for treatment of PTSD...
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Josh Short MD
- Dec 3, 2021
- 11 min
My Ketamine Experience
"I feel like I'm being gently dissected by multicolored planes of light" "Do patience and the desire for novelty sit in opposition with...
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Josh Short MD
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
Strange Intersections: Psychedelics, Psychiatry, and Emergency Medicine
As a an emergency room doctor married to a psychiatrist, I have had the opportunity to see how varied the landscape of western medicine...
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Josh Short MD
- Nov 16, 2021
- 3 min
Psychedelics and Evangelism
One of the big problems with psychedelic medicines is that they work. They frequently produce a state of mind that people describe as...
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Josh Short MD
- Nov 12, 2021
- 2 min
Psychedelic Medicine and Nature Connection: Ketamine Assisted-Psychotherapy at AIP
At Asheville Integrative Psychiatry, our focus is on nature connection as a foundation for mental health and wellness. The use of...
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