Psychedelic Medicine Association
Founded: 2021
Founder: Consortium of physicians and psychiatrists
Headquarters: United States
Website: https://psychedelicmedicine.org
Category: Clinical Practice
About the Channel
The Psychedelic Medicine Association YouTube channel is a professional education resource for clinicians, healthcare providers, and health-interested laypeople on the clinical dimensions of psychedelic medicine. Content covers patient screening protocols and contraindications, drug interaction pharmacology (SSRI-psilocybin blunting, lithium seizure risk, MAOI dangers), integration of psychedelic therapy within conventional medical care, and the regulatory landscape for clinical practice. The channel helps physicians and therapists who are receiving questions from patients provide accurate, evidence-based information — and helps patients understand what clinical psychedelic therapy involves and when it is and is not appropriate.
Editorial Context
The PMA fills a gap that patient-facing harm reduction channels and research-facing academic channels both leave: the clinical practice layer, where physicians and patients actually have to make decisions. Their contraindication content is among the most rigorous available in video format, and their drug interaction pharmacology is clinically accurate in ways that community sources often are not.
Key Topics
- patient screening for psilocybin therapy
- absolute and relative contraindications
- SSRI and MAOI interactions
- cardiovascular and psychiatric risk
- integrating psychedelic therapy with conventional care