Dr. Dave Rabin: Psychedelics and Neuroplasticity, Ketamine Therapy, and Apollo

WHO IS DR. DAVE RABIN?

Dr. Dave Rabin is a clinical neuroscientist and an M.D. Board certified psychiatrist. He is an M.D. and Ph.D. at the Albany Medical College and specialized in psychiatry with a distinction of research at the Western Psychiatric Institute and clinical at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is also a health tech entrepreneur. He invented the Apollo and his company, Apollo Neuroscience is creating wearable technology, using touch and simulating touch. Additionally, he co-founded the Board of Medicine and serves as its executive director. Dr. Dave is conducting research on epigenetic regulation of trauma responses and recovery to elucidate the mechanism of psychedelic assisted psychotherapy in the neurobiology of belief.

WHAT DID WE TALK ABOUT WITH DR. DAVE RABIN?

00:00:40 - About Dr. Dave Rabin
00:05:18 - About psychedelics and neuroplasticity
00:08:36 - Psychedelics and ketamine
00:12:12 - The mechanisms of ketamine
00:20:21 - Is opioid receptors with ketamine dose dependent?
00:27:46 - The Sympathetic and parasympathetic balance
00:34:30 - Dr. Rabin’s way of helping train other doctors and practitioners
00:42:20 - Are the programs only open for certain doctors or practitioners?
00:46:47 - The main ways that Dr. Rabin treats his patients in a clinical setting
00:55:30 - The Apollo
01:01:16 - What are the important things for in-session and post-session of ketamine?
01:06:14 - Data about default network specifically with ketamine therapy
01:11:01 - Does Dr. Rabin have a framework he uses when somebody comes in with a bad psychedelic experience to his practice?