Ketamine, Psychedelics, and Psychotherapy: Reframing, Redefining, Renaming Treatment Models
Overview
This paper addresses the lack of standard definitions in psychedelic and ketamine-based psychotherapy, noting confusion among patients, providers, and regulators regarding treatment components. The authors propose three new definitions to distinguish between pharmacologic stand-alone use, drug-assisted psychotherapy, and combination with manualized therapies. The resource aims to clarify terminology to facilitate better study designs, regulatory pathways, and patient care.
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- PubMed Central
- Author
- Jennifer Swainson (University of Alberta), Elisa Brietzke (Providence Health Care), Atul Khullar (University of Alberta), Roger S. McIntyre (University of Toronto), Cláudio N. Soares (Providence Health Care)
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- 2025-10-28
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- hybrid
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- 10.1177/07067437251389090
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- 3
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@article{allodium:22b4e52d4f244857,
title = {Ketamine, Psychedelics, and Psychotherapy: Reframing, Redefining, Renaming Treatment Models},
author = {Jennifer Swainson and Elisa Brietzke and Atul Khullar and Roger S. McIntyre and Cláudio N. Soares},
year = {2025},
journal = {PubMed Central},
doi = {10.1177/07067437251389090},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437251389090}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Ketamine, Psychedelics, and Psychotherapy: Reframing, Redefining, Renaming Treatment Models AU - Swainson, Jennifer AU - Brietzke, Elisa AU - Khullar, Atul AU - McIntyre, Roger S. AU - Soares, Cláudio N. PY - 2025 PB - PubMed Central DO - 10.1177/07067437251389090 UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437251389090 ER -
APA
Swainson, J., Brietzke, E., Khullar, A., McIntyre, R. S., & Soares, C. N. (2025). Ketamine, Psychedelics, and Psychotherapy: Reframing, Redefining, Renaming Treatment Models. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437251389090
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