Community Forum: The Future of Psychedelics and Mental Health Treatment

Our 2023 Fall Community Forum on, "The Future of Psychedelics and Mental Health Treatment," was organized by the Advanced Recovery Institute, an entity of the Root Center for Advanced Recovery, committed to education and training to elevate clinical care. Root Center hosts these Community Forums a couple of times a year, and are meant to encourage conversation on popular topics in the mental health and addiction space.
We had an eclectic group of panelists who bring a breadth of experience and knowledge on this interesting topic that is growing in prominence across mental health recovery and treatment.
Our panelists included:
Peter Grayson, LCDP
Founder of The Flow Initiative/ Psychedelic Assisted Sobriety in NYC, Director of Addiction and Recovery at Nushama Psychedelic Wellness Clinic in NYC.
Jeffrey Quamme, MS, IAADC, ICCS, CNE, CNC
Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Certification Board.
Ireon LeBeauf, PhD, MD
Physician, Chief Resident UCONN Psychiatry Department.
Dr. Saud Anwar
State Senator, Deputy President Pro Tempore, Medical Doctor specializing in lung diseases and critical care medicine, occupational and environmental medicine.
Don Fertman
Chairman Emeritus for The Phoenix Board of Directors, in long-term recovery 38 years.
Surita Rao, M.B.B.S, M.D, FASAM
Associate Professor and Director of the psychiatry residency training program, at the UConn Medical School, Dept. of Psychiatry. Psychiatrist specializing in addiction.
The event was moderated by former News Anchor/Journalist, Margaux Farrell, who is the current Root Center Marketing Director.