Stimulants and Psychedelics – Focus and Surrender

★★★★★ "Another extremely informational and valuable webinar from Ben Malcom :) Thank you so much" - Jillian Cassin

★★★★★ “Excellent presentation, great speaker, valuable info.” - Peter Jockel

 Webinar Description & Objectives

This webinar will aim to summarize medical literature pertaining to how stimulants and psychedelics interact with each other. 

The official objectives for this webinar are to:

• Define stimulant mechanisms of action and summarize their interaction potential with commonly used psychedelics
• Discuss strategies for management of stimulants in the context of psychedelic therapy including tapering or temporarily suspending use
• Explore potential for psychedelic therapies to interface with attention deficit or stimulant use disorders

Psychostimulants (Stimulants) have long histories of use and have both recreational and therapeutic purposes. Used since time immemorial for increased stamina, wakefulness, or euphoric effects, contemporarily, they are commonly prescribed drugs for the management of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD), although are also used in psychiatry for treatment of narcolepsy, adjunctively to serotonin reuptake blocking antidepressants (e.g., bupropion) when fatigue is bothersome, or for management of binge-eating disorders (e.g., lisdexamfetamine). 

While psychedelic assisted therapy (PAP) has not targeted ADHD, narcolepsy, or binge eating disorder in studies to date, many persons report microdosing psychedelics such as psilocybin or LSD for management of ADHD. Furthermore, psilocybin is being studied for the management of treatment resistant depression (TRD), body dysphoria, and several types of addictive disorders, thus may play a role in the management for several of these conditions soon.

Both psychedelics and stimulants can work to increase or boost monoamine neurotransmission and can raise cardiovascular parameters, yet their psychological effects on focus or attention, ego tonicity, and cortical processing are distinct. Overall, there is likely to be drug interaction potential between the two classes that may require skillful management to reduce harms and improve outcomes of psychedelic therapy.

Important Webinar Details

Registration includes the live webinar workshop, access to a copy of the video recording, summary text PDF, as well as downloadable PDF slides.

Workshop registration is limited and will consist of a 75-90 min lecture, short break, 20-30 min case discussion, and 10-20 min Q&A session.

Registration will trigger emails that have the workshop information containing the attendance link.
In the case of gross technical difficulties (e.g. power outage, repeated or prolonged internet disruption) or other circumstances (e.g., illness, medical emergency) significantly effecting the workshop quality or precluding its occurrence, the workshop will be rescheduled to a different time.

Webinar Disclaimer

This webinar is for information and educational purposes only. It is not meant to condone or encourage the use of illicit substances. The information presented is not medical advice and should not be taken as such. It is recommended you follow laws applicable to your jurisdiction.

About Dr Ben Malcolm, PharmD, MPH

Psychopharmacology Consultant and Psychedelic Educator
Founder of Spirit Pharmacist LLC

Dr. Ben Malcolm earned his bachelor’s degree (BS) in pharmacology at the University of California at Santa Barbara, prior to his Masters in Public Health (MPH) and Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) at Touro University California. He then completed post-graduate residencies in Acute Care at Scripps Mercy Hospital and Psychiatric Pharmacy at the University of California at San Diego Health.
 
After residency he passed his exam to become Board Certified in Psychiatric Pharmacy (BCPP). He began his career as an Assistant Clinical Professor at Western University of Health Sciences (WUHS), College of Pharmacy before transitioning to his current entrepreneurial role as a Psychopharmacology Consultant, Psychedelic Educator, and Founder of https://www.spiritpharmacist.com 

Ben envisions a society in which access to psychedelic drugs in a variety of safe and supported settings is available for purposes of psychospiritual well-being, personal development, ceremonial sacraments, and treatment of mental illness. is focus is on the intersection between psychiatric medications and psychedelic therapies. He has given several Continuing Education presentations to pharmacists and other healthcare professionals as well as published over a dozen articles in peer-reviewed literature relating to psychedelics or psychiatric medications.

His vision guides his clinical and education service-related professional activity.

Certifications

• Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist (BCPP) 2017-2022
• Licensed pharmacist CA #70652 2014-2022

Post-Graduate Training

• PGY-2 Residency, Psychiatric Pharmacy – University of California at San Diego, San Diego CA. 2016
• PGY-1 Residency, Acute Care – Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego CA. 2015

Education

• Doctorate of Pharmacy – Touro University California, Vallejo CA. 2014
• Master of Public Health – Touro University California, Vallejo CA. 2014
• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology – University of California at Santa Barbara, Goleta CA. 2008

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