Mental Health Meets Psychedelics | Burton Tabaac | TEDxUCLA

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Psychedelics as medicine to treat mental health disease has had a recent resurgence of attention and dedicated research, with encouraging results. Could this class of drugs serve as a paradigm shift in the way mindfulness therapy and mental health is approached? Compounds like LSD, DMT, psilocybin, and MDMA are investigated as treatments for states of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction. Listeners are challenged to question their preconceived notions and judgements as it pertains to this group of restricted therapeutics in the psychedelic class. Burton J. Tabaac, MD FAHA
Burton is an associate professor of neurology at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, dedicated to the cutting-edge treatment and prevention of cerebrovascular diseases. He is a graduate of the fellowship program in vascular neurology at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore, MD (2019). After graduating from AUC School of Medicine, where he earned his MD (2014), Tabaac completed a neurology residency at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson in New Brunswick, NJ. There, he was humbled to have been selected as a three-time recipient of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award (2016, 2017, and 2018). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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"Thoughts are powerful". Thank you Dr. Tabaac for this great talk and fresh perspective on this burgeoning field of medicine!

[@StephenLencioni]

"What was once considered taboo may now serve as most of the most promsing and impactful methods of treatment for mental health disease states". Pioneering a new age of medicine. A powerful and thoughful talk Dr. Tabaac!

[@MarieTanie]

Thanks for sharing this! I'm looking forward to what the research shows and the potential of psychedelics.

[@psychedelics-q9k]

Thank you for sharing your voice on such an important topic! Very strong performance.

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Step by step, thank you🙏🙏🙏

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Brilliant speech. 👍🏾

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“Thoughts are powerful!”

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AMAZING! Really great talk.

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Incredibly inspiring

[@samfrieden7890]

This discussion is definitely needed to reduce both the psychedelic and mental health stigma. I think that with more research, psychedelics will be a great option for patients in the near future. Great talk!

[@MichelleRay-e3g]

So amazing! Wow! The future!

[@aliceofcourse]

I'm insanely lucky to have Dr. Tabaac as my neurologist and feel hopeful about the future of my mental health for the first time in my life.

[@milenabradley2082]

This was an incredibly insightful talk. Thank you for your continued advocacy and education on this topic.

[@JoyceMccormack]

Fascinating

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Very insightful video on a controversial topic! I hope to see more dialogue progress in the future

[@sandrashall1329]

Fascinating!

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Inspiring!

[@Ruby-kx5sn]

Amazing! Masterfully navigates the intricate connection between mental health and psychedelics. Hopeful vision for the future to transform mental health.

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[@ataraoufi]

Thank you for this amazing video! Psychedelics helped me after suffering years from depression and anxiety. Microdosing helped me a lot to put my life together again and it changed my whole perception. Now I am a totally different person since 6 months ago. I’m enjoying life now :) Thanks to psychedelics and specially Dr Sam Harris

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Fabulous!

[@PaytonCarter-z2e]

Very insightful and worded beautifully. Thank you so much Dr. Burton Tabaac

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Thank you Dr. Tabaac for your dedication and advocacy in this important area of research!

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This is by far the best TEDTalk I have ever seen. I am extremely inspired and impressed by the content. Just wow 🤯

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You go Tabaac!!🎉

[@taylorkrupp7326]

This talk is extremely insightful and I can't wait to see the results that come from your research! Great talk Dr. Tabaac!

[@clariceh88]

Such a profound and insightful talk, Dr. Tabaac! It's so motivating to see that new ways of healing are being brought into the field.

[@BrennaScott-uc7xu]

Awesome way to look at things that can be completely life altering in the world of medicine but completely overlooked because of stigma!

[@valeriewatkins933]

Absolutely inspiring and informative talk!

[@raquelwescott1400]

Super interesting talk! Thank you for sharing your insight and for your continued dedication to this field. It's so important to discuss topics that others may feel are taboo to provide better patient care!

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Really interesting topic!

[@judyfrederick2068]

Very interesting!

[@HernanGranMaestro]

Excelent video! Kudos.

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Cutting edge stuff!

[@KorrinaSiddiqui]

I’m a med student and having him as a preceptor has been super insightful! Making sure we are up to date on what’s going to be best for our patients in holistic therapies and making breakthroughs in medicine!!

[@spiralsun1]

Mushrooms work well for some people, but they don’t work for me. I tried all kinds and also the philosophers stones and I felt a little bit of effects but LSD was WAAAAAAAY better and more effective by so many orders of magnitude it’s unreal. Both psilocybin and LSD come from fungus which is weird. 😂 But yeah, of the 3 Ayahuasca, LSD, and psilocybin, my rankings are: 1 Ayahuasca. Absolutely no comparison in changing your most foundational ideas and liberating inner creativity. Cures depression. Completely. 2 LSD If I had to choose one and never take the others I would without hesitation say LSD. It literally opens up your eyes to the deep connection between all things and once seen, like an initiation into the Elysian mystery, cannot be unseen. It’s an absolute clean, perfect, beautiful experience. Ayahuasca may be much stranger, dirtier, and “out there” but LSD feels like the most natural and clean of the three. It changes your life in ways that you don’t immediately see, but in retrospect you see the miracle and magic of it. No comparison to the other two for me, it’s not even in question. I believe in god not so Much because LSD gave me a vision, l don’t normally even hallucinate on it, but because it exists, is so tiny in dosage like the infinitesimal beginning of the universe, and expands in you like the universe did to give rise eventually to YOU. The fact that it exists is such a miracle. It’s like I know there is a god or consciousness behind everything that must want us to progress in our lives and be happy-same reason kittens and puppies ❤😊 For me personally this is the elixir. 3 Psilocybin-mostly from other people’s reports because I ate beyond heroic doses, several strains, grew my own, even tried truffles. No effect-just seemed to make how I normally am a bit more intense. Made me feel like maybe I actually am an alien🤔 which I have suspected all my life because I’m weird, as high in openness as is humanly possible, and in upper 1% of IQ. Like every time I look into a field of inquiry, I predict it years in advance, talk with people and launch careers…. Ruin careers by accident (truth is more important!!). I’m sorta like “Rain Man” only with concepts instead of toothpicks. I used to think super smart people were being selfish a-holes, because I figured that they could do approximately what I do, but they literally can’t. It was hard for me to accept that 😢 because it meant also that there’s no place for me in the world, even though I can offer miracles. I live on the street with the kitties and squirrels, etc. Homeless for 5 years now. So these are my assessments. Other brains and their particular chemistry may differ 😂😊❤

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[@MackenzieMontero-sp5ut]

Listening to Dr. Tabaac is incredibly insightful. He is helping to pioneer the future of medical research. Dr. Tabaac is working to breakdown barriers and misconceptions to provide the best comprehensive care for patients possible and should be an inspiration to medical providers everywhere.

[@Tommy-qu3xp]

Really complex subject but extremely well explained. So many very interesting references which allows us to realize that this notion is very broad. A big congratulations!

[@MimiProductionss]

Not being limited by imaginary boundaries! Yessss this is a great talk, Dr. Tabaac! Keep sharing and taking the encouragement route to guide cultures away from judgmental mindsets while being the frontman for open mindsets that are leading us to the future.

[@AdamFlager]

The beginning of a new frontier. Well done, Dr. Tabaac.

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Super interesting! I look forward to where psychedelics can take us with neurodegenerative diseases treatment/prevention maybe?

[@ChristianGonzalez-e1k]

Great talk Dr. Tobaac it was a pleasure getting to learn from you

[@FrankUmberger]

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*Psychedelic mushrooms are truly remarkable. A few years ago, I was struggling with severe depression, mental health issues, and was diagnosed with BPD. My friend suggested I try psilocybin mushrooms, I still can't believe how much better they worked compared to traditional medicine. It was a lifesaver, it healed me.*

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Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here..

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Can you help me out with a source? I suffer from severe anxiety and depression and have been on prescription meds, but they haven't really helped. Where can I find psilocybin mushrooms?

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*Myco_kings.* He's the most knowledgeable about psychedelics that I know.

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Bravo!

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Such a great talk!

[@MartinaLangeFdez]

Thank you for shedding light on this fascinating and promising area of research and addressing the sociopolitical barriers limiting our advancements in mental health medicine. The world needs more holistic and open minded physicians like Dr. Tabaac!

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Very interesting talk. I had no idea that professionals had to use avatars in order to communicate about psychedelic therapies. Very insightful. Thank you Dr. Tabaac!

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Love it, Dr. Tabaac!

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Thank you Dr Tabaac for your continued interest, advocacy, and research in this important upcoming area of of treatment!

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[@aneeets2024]

Very cool! Looking forward to your future talks on the progression of this research, I’m sure there is so much more we’ll be able to learn from this and use in clinical practice.

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[@racemefool]

Really awesome talk! Interesting topic and great speaker. Psychedelics have loads of potential not just for mental health but also for general well-being.

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Flawless presentation, Dr. Tabaac!

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Well done! Proud of you man! 🫡

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great fun learning from you Btabs, appreciate all you contribute constantly! cheers

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Thank you for your work Dr. Tabaac!

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This is absolutely brilliant from start to finish.

[@IsraSabir]

Very interesting and informative talk! Interested to see the advancements in the coming years as more research emerges about psychedelics and their effects, I’m sure it goes beyond what we might expect.

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Great talk. Thanks very much

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Great talk Dr Tabaac!

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[@kenjb24]

Such an interesting, thought-provoking talk! Psychedelics have such a bright future ahead in the field of mental health. We must keep our minds open, and work to eliminate the stigma surrounding not only psychedelics, but mental health as a whole. I am glad there are people like Dr. Tabaac championing for revolutionary advancements in medicine!

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Well done. Having participated in Ayahuasca, I agree with everything you have said. It was a life changing experience.

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Love it! Great speaker and such a powerful message.

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Thanks for a fascinating presentation Dr. Tabaac. I’ll be sure to share with family and friends

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Awesome talk! Such an interesting topic! Thank you Dr. Tabaac!

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You're a rockstar BTabs...Absolutely clean and engaging presentation!

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I wonder how this helps people with PTSD symptoms.

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This was awesome!!! Great presentation!!

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Thanks for spreading this important message and opening minds to this invaluable domain of research!

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[@stavrospipis]

Great topic and great speaker! It’s great to see progress being made on this subject with Aus leading the way! Hopefully Europe and the US will follow..psychedelics assisted therapies will change the way we deal with mental health issues

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[@oliverseligman624]

I love Dr. Tabaac's clarity and optimism about this fascinating area of healing. Thank you for putting it out there.

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Amazing job Btabs! 👏

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I've heard so many wonderful things about magic mushrooms but I can't easily get some, Is there any realiable source I can purchase from??

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I'm so interested in the experience but am terrified of having a bad trip

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This whole thing is pretty new to me, can I try 3grams?

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I have listened to this talk multiple times. It’s a fantastic topic and love the way you presented. Thank you Dr Tabaac

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Went off on a tangent with NFTs!

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