Psilocybin Treatment 101: What it is and what it means for Bend

September 21, 2023

Beyond the hype of legalized magic mushrooms and psychedelic retreats, is a complex and highly regulated system of integrated mental health care. Bend will be on the forefront of this movement with some of the first treatment centers and a burgeoning new industry in our economy. Learn and discuss the history of how psilocybin became legal as a therapeutic modality and what this all means in practice. Panelists: Amanda Gow, Founder at Bendable Therapy Dr. Paul Choi, MD, Board Certified Psychiatrist, Neurologist Moderated by Morgan Schmidt

Additional Resources:

• Bend nonprofit to provide psilocybin treatment at little to no cost, prioritize mental health
• Oregon Pioneers New Psilocybin Business Models
• Bendable Therapy, a new alternative mental health clinic, will offer psilocybin treatment for patients
• Oregon’s first psilocybin client: 5 Questions for retired home builder Jim Carroccio
• Oregon now offers psilocybin therapy. Here’s what one of the first patients experienced
• Oregon’s Legal Psilocybin Program Gets Taxpayer Funds Despite Promise to Pay Its Own Way
• Opinion : Psychedelics have great medical promise. That doesn’t make them safe.
• Oregon Psilocybin Services website: www.oregon.gov/psilocybin
• Oregon Psilocybin Services Fact Sheet: https://sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/DHSForms/Served/le4226.pdf
• What is the Psilocybin Services Act? – Video Presentation on ORS 475A (M109): https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/Pages/Oregon-Psilocybin-Services-Act-Videos.aspx
• How do I access psilocybin services?: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/Pages/Psilocybin-Access-Psilocybin-Services.aspx
• Oregon Psilocybin Services Text and E-mail Mailing List: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORDHS/subscriber/new?topic_id=ORDHS_932
• Oregon Psilocybin Services Administrative Rules and Rulemaking Process: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/Pages/Psilocybin-Administrative-Rules.aspx

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