Mental Health Colorado recently hosted Psychedelics and Mental Health: Balancing Tradition, Innovation and Access, a timely conversation exploring the evolving landscape of psychedelic medicines and mental health.

Moderated by Vincent Atchity, PhD, President & CEO of Mental Health Colorado, the discussion brought together perspectives from research, policy, advocacy, natural medicine, and industry to explore how different approaches to psychedelic medicines may coexist and what responsible innovation, access, equity and stewardship can look like moving forward.

Tasia Poinsatte 
Colorado Director, Healing Advocacy Fund 

Coakee William Wildcat 
Executive Director, Mother Tree Food & Forest 

Scott Thompson, PhD 
Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Director, Center for Novel Therapeutics, Brain and Behavior Innovation Center, CU Anschutz School of Medicine 

Ean Seeb 
Governor’s Special Advisor on Cannabis and Natural Medicine, State of Colorado 

Leigh Morrissey 
Director of Public Policy, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical

Thank you to our panelists and everyone who joined us for this conversation. We hope it offers continued opportunities to learn, reflect and engage with the questions shaping this rapidly evolving field.

A special thank you to Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. for supporting this educational webinar and helping make this conversation possible.