Psychedelics & Palliative Care

Psychedelics & Palliative Care

A talk on the application of psychedelics to palliative/end-of-life care by Dr. Daniel Rosenbaum, MD, FRCPC

By U of T Psychedelic Club

Date and time

Wednesday, December 11 · 6 - 7:30pm EST

Location

University College (Main Building)

15 King's College Circle Toronto, ON M5S 3H7 Canada

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

Daniel is an attending psychiatrist and Clinician Investigator at the University Health Network as well as the Inner-City Health Associates in Toronto. He is a clinical lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He works on the IMPACT Assertive Community Treatment team at UHN, as well as the Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless (PEACH) team through ICHA. Daniel is a certified CALM therapist (Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully) and has received training in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. He has also completed the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies MDMA Therapy Training Program. Daniel is a co-founder and faculty member at the UHN Psychedelic Psychotherapy Research Group.


Together with Drs. Sarah Hales and Emma Hapke, he is co-Principal Investigator with the Psilocybin-assisted Existential, Attachment, and RelationaL (PEARL) therapy research program; PEARL is a novel psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for patients with advanced disease and their caregivers. Daniel is also interested in the mental health impacts of the climate crisis and is co-author of the Canadian Psychiatric Association’s 2023 position statement entitled “Mental Health and the Climate Crisis: A Call to Action for Canadian Psychiatrists.


Talk from 6pm to 7pm. Discussion from 7pm to 7:30pm.

Open to the public. Room number provided upon registration.


The UofT Psychedelic Club takes a harm-reduction approach to promote accurate information, education, and safety. We do not encourage or condone the purchase, sale, transfer, or use of any illegal substances; nor partaking in any unlawful activities related to illegal substances. Please do not bring, buy, sell, transfer, or arrive with any illegal substances, or swap information on how to acquire them at any of our events.

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