“I was, you know, living like a zombie,” Amanda says. “Not even living,” she corrects herself. “Just existing.”
Her illness wrecked her career as a veterinary technician. It robbed her of the ability to effectively parent her daughter who was just six when Amanda went into the hospital.
After she was discharged, she moved from Surrey to Sechelt. She was still suicidal, she tells me.
Then two years ago, her life changed. On one of the days Amanda was able to get out of bed, she saw psychiatrist Dr. Anthony Barale at the Sechelt Hospital. Barale had begun prescribing ketamine to help people with treatment-resistant depression.
Canada s Largest Psychedelic Industry Conference to Coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week, Offering Hope to the Current Mental Health Crisis
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Among the featured agenda of international speakers will be Michael Pollan, Journalist and Author of the #1 New York Times Best-Seller, How To Change Your Mind
CALGARY, AB, March 3, 2021 /CNW/ -
CATALYST Presents Foundation (
CATALYST ), an Alberta-based not-for-profit event company focused on advancing the psychedelic medicine movement in Canada, announced the second annual
CATALYST Summit 2021, Canada s largest conference in the psychedelic medicine arena. Tickets for the influential event went on sale this week and are expected to be in strong demand with psychedelics becoming a hot topic in mental health.