Symposium on Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy in Kyiv
The Director of the Expio Center, Vladyslav Matrenytsky, delivered a report “Integrative Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy: Six Years of Experience in Ukraine” at the first Symposium on Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy. The event was organized on 22.09.24 by the Ukrainian Association for Psychedelic Research (UAPR), the Heal Ukraine Trauma Foundation (HUT) and the State Educational Institution “Center for Mental Health and Rehabilitation of Veterans “Lisova Polyana” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine” and was intended to serve as a platform for discussing ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) projects planned or already implemented in Ukraine, and to facilitate the establishment of connections between key stakeholders. Objectives of the event: • To raise awareness of ketamine and its use in mental health care • To inform specialists about current Ukrainian projects in the field of CAP • To inform specialists about training opportunities • Networking, communication and establishing cooperation between specialists. The symposium was also attended by: • Dr. David Nutt (in the recording) — Professor of Psychopharmacology at Imperial College London; • Dr. Zach Skiles — HUT psychologist, expert in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy; • Neeka Levy — HUT nurse, specialist in assessing risks, benefits and harm reduction methods when using ketamine; • Ksenia Voznitsyna — Director of the Center for Mental Health and Rehabilitation of Veterans “Lisova Polyana” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine; • Vyacheslav Zaika — psychiatrist, narcologist, addiction specialist, psychiatrist of the Center for Mental Health and Rehabilitation of Veterans “Lisova Polyana” of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine; • Participants of the HUT – KAP Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy training program. Video recording of the conference