Ketamine and the Next Wave of Psychedelic Medicine: Clinical Perspectives and Research Insights

This presentation will provide a comprehensive, evidence-based review of ketamine treatment in psychiatry, emphasizing its role as a biological intervention for mood disorders. We will examine ketamine’s FDA-approved indications, mechanisms of action at the receptor and neuroplasticity levels, clinical efficacy data, safety considerations, and practical approaches to individualized treatment planning. The discussion will also address ketamine’s emerging role as an augmentation tool for psychotherapy, clearly differentiating the strength of evidence supporting its use as a biological medication...Read more from the comparatively more limited but evolving data for ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
In the final portion of the lecture, participants will review the current literature on psychedelic treatments more broadly, including recent clinical trials and methodological considerations shaping the field. The presentation will conclude with an overview of the regulatory pathway toward FDA approval for psychedelic compounds, outlining key milestones, challenges, and likely next steps in clinical integration. Attendees will leave with a balanced, clinically grounded understanding of where ketamine treatment stands today and what developments may shape psychiatric practice in the years ahead Less...

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Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate the evidence-base for ketamine as a biological treatment and as an augmentation tool for psychotherapy.
  • Explain the neuroplastic and receptor-level mechanisms of ketamine, along with its clinical benefits, risks, and side-effect profile, in order to integrate ketamine treatment into clinical practice.
  • Describe the current evidence base for psychedelic treatments in psychiatry as the progress toward FDA approval, including key clinical trial phases, safety considerations, and anticipated challenges shaping future clinical integration.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.

Learning Levels

  • All Levels

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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09:00 AM PDT - 10:30 AM PDT

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About the speaker

Mark Hrymoc , MD

Mark Hrymoc , MD

Chief Medical Officer & Co-Founder
Dr. Hrymoc has extensive expertise in the psychopharmacology of addiction and other mental health disorders. He is double Board-certified in General Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry and was previously board-certified in Addiction Medicine. Dr. Hrymoc was Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA, where he supervised training psychiatrists at their Addiction Psychiatry Clinic. He completed his subspecialist training in Addiction Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and currently serves as a consulting physician to several prestigious drug and alcohol treatment centers in the area. Dr. Hrymoc co-authored a chapter in Principles of Addiction Medicine, the main textbook of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and has been published in several academic journals. With his wife, Ellie, also a psychiatrist, he founded the Ketamine Therapy Center as a promising solution for treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, trauma, and other mood disorders.

Agenda

Introduction 
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Questions and Answers 

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