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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

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Psilocybin, the most commonly used psychedelic, increases heart rate and blood pressure, which may potentially lead to cardiovascular events. To Brian’s point, that we are also integrating chaplains, social workers, it’s not necessarily two psychotherapists. Most participants are White and well-resourced.

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Jumpstarting Goals of Care Convos: Erin Kross, Bob Lee, and Ruth Engelberg

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And so Ruth highlighted one of the features of this pragmatic trial that was different than the outpatient trial was that we didn’t need to consent patients and families for participation in this study. And so that’s how we were able to proceed with the study under this waiver of consent.

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