Ketamine: Frameworks for the Future
with Dr. Raquel Bennett
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Citation for this talk
Bennett, R. (2026). Ketamine: Frameworks for the Future. Berkeley Alembic, 2 Aug 2026, lecture with PowerPoint slides.
Articles
Bennett, R. (2024, June). Educational pathways for psychedelic practitioners. Journal of Psychedelic Psychiatry, 6(2), 1-6. Definition of “experiential medicine.”
Bennett, R., Yavorsky, C. & Bravo, G. (2022.) Ketamine for bipolar depression: Biochemical, Psychotherapeutic, and psychedelic approaches. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13:867484.
Bennett, R. (2020). Ethical guidelines for ketamine clinicians. Journal of Psychedelic Psychiatry, 2(4), 19-20.
Doshi, P. (2024). Revolving doors: board memberships, hedge funds, and the FDA chiefs responsible for regulating industry. BMJ, 2024: 385
Dwyer, D., Ye, R., Nelson, B. & McGorry, P. (2025). Clinical staging for psychiatry and psychology. Annual Review Clinical Psychology, 21:497-527. Proposal for a new system to communicate the severity for mental health concerns, which could be used to differentiate elective services vs medically necessary clinical treatment.
Department of Justice / Office of Public Affairs. (2025.) Founder/CEO and Clinical President of digital health company convicted in $100M adderall distribution and health care fraud scheme. Press release, 19 Nov 2025.
Fick, M. & Taylor, M. (2025.) FDA fires most negotiators for pharma user fee talks, sources say. Reuters, 17 April 2025.
Phelps, J. (2017.) Developing guidelines and competencies for the training of psychedelic therapists. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 57(5): 450-487.
Organizations
PsyKe = email group for ketamine practitioners.
J-Crew = social group for Jewish people in the Bay Area who are interested in visionary medicines.
Thank You Life = non-profit organization that helps clinicians to accept donations for the purpose of subsidizing access to psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
The Wallach Lab = scientific research group at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. They create novel molecules and study innovate treatments for disorders of the central nervous system (CNS).
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