Title: Ketamine – From Street Drug to Life Saver
Air Date: October 21, 2019 (recorded on June 10, 2019)
Location: Berkeley, CA
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D.
Description: This short video focuses on the anti-depressant and anti-suicidal properties of ketamine. It features of the work of Dr. Raquel Bennett from KRIYA Institute. This educational piece includes information about the mechanism of action of ketamine, compounded ketamine lozenges, working with ketamine in a psychotherapeutic and/or a psychedelic paradigm, and some of the limitations of therapeutic ketamine treatment.
Length: 14 min
Title: Dive into Discussion (Podcast – Part 2 of 2)
Air Date: July 19, 2019 (recorded on July 9, 2019)
Location: Berkeley, CA
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. with Ryan Mahle
Description: Dr. Bennett is interviewed for the second time by Ryan Mahle. In this discussion, they focus on the politics and economics of ketamine treatment, including concerns about what is currently happening in this burgeoning field.
Length: 1 hr 5 min
Film Date: May 15, 2019
Location: San Francisco, CA
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. with Mike Margolies
Description: In this rare live interview, Dr. Bennett talks about her first encounter with ketamine (in 2002). She then describes different ways of working with ketamine therapeutically. She also expresses her concerns about the outrageous cost of esketamine. There are some interesting questions at the end from the audience.
Air Date: June 4, 2019 (recorded on April 30, 2019)
Location: Berkeley, CA
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. with Joe Moore
Description: In this interview, Dr. Bennett shares her own story of discovering the anti-depressant effects of ketamine in 2002. She also recaps three different ways of working with ketamine therapeutically. Then she talks about the filtered ketamine product (esketamine) that got FDA approval in March, and the outrageous price tag for it. She also describes group ketamine work as a way of reducing the patient cost for ketamine treatment. Note: there is an excellent written outline of her talk on the page also.
Title: Therapeutic Ketamine – Models and Mechanisms in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy FEATURED
Film Date: March 13, 2019
Location: Yale University / School of Medicine (New Haven, CT)
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D.
Description: Dr. Bennett gave an introduction to therapeutic ketamine in this talk at Yale University. She talked about the chemistry, legality, and clinical indications for ketamine. Then she described three different paradigms for thinking about therapeutic ketamine: a biochemical model, a psychological model, and a psychedelic model. Then she spoke briefly about safety considerations and side effects.
Length: 1 hr 37 min
Title: God in a Bottle (A Conversation about Arylcyclohexylamines) FEATURED
Film Date: March 10, 2019
Location: Brooklyn Psychedelic Society (Brooklyn, NY)
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. and Hamilton Morris (from Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia) and Jason Wallach, Ph.D.
Description: In this public event, Dr. Bennett and Dr. Wallach and Hamilton discussed the history, chemistry, and clinical uses for a variety of dissociative chemicals, including ketamine and PCP.
Length: 1 hr 57 min
Title: Dive into Discussion (Podcast – Part 1 of 2)
Air Date: January 1, 2019 (recorded on Dec 27, 2018)
Location: Berkeley, CA
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. with Ryan Mahle
Description: Dr. Bennett gives an overview of what is currently happening in the field of therapeutic ketamine.
Length: 1 hr 40 min
Title: Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia: Ketamine (Season 2, Episode 5) FEATURED
Air Date: December 26, 2017 (filmed July 8-10, 2017)
Location: Hillsborough, CA
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. and Hamilton Morris
Description: Hamilton Morris spent 3 days with Dr. Bennett from KRIYA Institute in the summer of 2017. Here is the production cut from that footage. A shorter version of this aired on the show.
Length: 11 min
Title: Paradigms for Ketamine Treatment
Film Date: April 23, 2017
Location: MAPS / Psychedelic Sciences Conference (Oakland, CA)
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D.
Description: This short talk on different dosing strategies was given during a panel discussion about therapeutic ketamine.
Length: 10 min