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The Healing Mind: Integrating Mental Health into Cancer Care
Impacts to Anxiety, Depression, and Psycho-Spiritual Metrics after Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy in Palliative Care Patients at the AIMS Institute

PrecivityAD2™ Test: A Non-Invasive Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s Disease Detection
A Holistic Solution to Health Disparities: Naturopathic Medicine and Culturally Competent Care
At AIMS Institute we prescribe low dose oral naltrexone for ‘long COVID’
Unusual Suspects
AIMS Institute offers Galleri cancer screening blood test
Proactive Breast Health: Self-Care and Self-Exam Tips for Breast Cancer Prevention
New Urine Test Reduces Unnecessary Biopsies in Prostate Cancer Detection
Brain cancer update
The Right to Die Well with Dr. Sunil Aggarwal
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BiHRT) and Why I Should Care
Psychedelic Group Integration Class and Family Constellation Therapy
Naturopath’s Potential in Palliative Care
Do dying people have a ‘right to try’ magic mushrooms? 9th Circuit weighs case
Women in Psychedelics: Learning from Success
Unveiling the Future of Healthcare: Advanced Integrative Medical Science (AIMS) Institute
Mush Love Podcast with Tim Keck and Dr. Sunil Aggarwal
Parenteral Curcumin Treatment of GBM Consecutive Case Series Leanna Standish, ND, PhD
Baneful Balms
Ketamine effectively treats depression. Do the benefits outweigh the risks?
Research Update on Psilocybin A discussion with integrative mental health expert Emily Whinkin, ND
Media Advisory For Federal Appeals Court – Psilocybin Case Hearing
Reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms in a subset of outpatients with problematic substance use who received ketamine-assisted psychotherapy: a two-year retrospective chart review
One way to heal a brain injury? Let LSD open your mind—literally.
An Insider’s Look at Washington State’s AIMS Institute
Carl Zimmer, Sunil Kumar Aggarwal and Nathan Sackett speak on stage during the Crosscut Ideas Festival in Seattle on May 6, 2023.
Integrative Oncology’s 30-Year Anniversary: What Have We Achieved? A North American Naturopathic Oncology Perspective
Galvanizing Changes in Law and Policy to Open Access to Psychedelic Medicine
MEMBER ADVISORY: Leanna Standish Receives Award!
Psilocybin in Palliative Care: An Update
Congratulations To AIMS Co-Director Dr. Leanna Standish!
INTRODUCING Closed-Group KAP at the AIMS Institute
Consecutive Case Series of Triple IV Therapy with Artesunate, Ascorbate, and Doxycycline in Ovarian and Breast Cancer Published
All Smiles While Communing with Our Integrative Medicine Peers
AIMS Institute Integrative Medicine Residency Program
We Made The 10 Best Ketamine Clinics in Seattle!
Dr. Aggarwal and AIMS Institute’s effort to secure psilocybin
Surrending To The Void
Psychedelic Rx: Legal battles aim to expand patients’ access to psilocybin and other hallucinogens
The Path to Legalized, Accessible Psilocybin Therapy
Right To Try Psilocybin – Short Documentary Film
Growing Support for Legalizing “Magic Mushrooms” in Washington State
How Psychedelics Can Be Used for Relief of Spiritual and Existential Suffering
Clinical evidence for psychedelic-assisted therapy is mounting.
Psychedelics for Serious Illness: An update on the state of science for psychedelics, and what all clinicians should know as they enter this uncharted territory.
Landmark Petition to Reschedule Psilocybin filed with DEA
Bipartisan Congressional Lawmakers Tell DEA To Allow Psilocybin Treatment For Terminal Patients
AIMS Social Equity Entheogenic Care Partnership
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Envisioning Drug Peace in the Entheogenic Reformation:
Incorporating the Spiritual Geography of Psychoactives in Post-Prohibition Public Health Greetings, I am Sunil Aggarwal, a doctor and medical geographer and a member of the Sacred Garden Community. I hail from Oklahoma, a child of Indian Immigrants, and I live today in Seattle, which rests on the unceded territory of the co-Salish Duwamish People, and I am so honored to join you here in Portland, a city which rests on the traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molalla, and many others who made their homes along the Columbia River. The title ...
The Healing Mind: Integrating Mental Health into Cancer Care
By: Atara Jaffe, ND Feelings of anxiety and depression are common and often overlooked aspects of an individual’s experience in the cancer care process. At AIMS Institute, we provide integrative mental health care through a variety of modalities to approach body and mind. Our oncology team members that have proficiency in mental health include: Dr. Atara Jaffe, ND, Dr. Ksenia Malarkey, ND, Dr. Raushanah Najeeullah, ND, Dr. Monet Anthony, ND, Dr. Leanna Standish, ND, PhD. Our other team members also have experience and background with mental health services including: Dr. Emily Whinkin, ND, MS, Dr. Sunil Aggarwal, MD, PhD, Dr. ...
Impacts to Anxiety, Depression, and Psycho-Spiritual Metrics after Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy in Palliative Care Patients at the AIMS Institute
Author: Thomas Luedeke, Seattle University https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/dnp-projects/95/ Date of Award 2024 Document Type Project College/School College of Nursing Degree Name Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Project Mentor Therry Rose Eparwa Readers Conor Watters Abstract There is considerable evidence that palliative care patients disproportionately experience anxiety, depression, and existential distress related to their chronic illnesses. Additionally, conventional therapies tend to be less effective in the treatment of this patient population. As such, research is being conducted into novel therapies. One of the promising therapies currently under active investigation is ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) which involves a combination of the administration of the dissociative anesthetic ...