Elders at the Threshold Quotes

“What this book will do is give you the scientific evidence as it currently stands. It will help you understand what happens in your brain during a psychedelic experience. It will show you what clinical research has demonstrated about the effectiveness of these approaches for specific conditions affecting older adults. It will help you understand the genuine risks and how they are minimized in well-run settings.”
― Jim Tate, Elders at the Threshold: Psychedelics for Seniors

“Psychedelics don’t work like most psychiatric medications, where benefits depend on the drug being continuously present in the system. Instead, the beneficial effects emerge and strengthen over weeks and months following the session. Neuroscience research suggests this happens because psychedelics don’t just change brain chemistry; they promote structural reorganization of neural networks, a process that continues well after the acute effects have worn off.”
― Jim Tate, Elders at the Threshold: Psychedelics for Seniors

“After a fifty-year moratorium that shut down nearly all scientific research into these substances, a new generation of researchers has picked up where the 1950s and 1960s left off. Johns Hopkins, NYU, Imperial College London, and UCLA have all opened dedicated psychedelic research centers. The FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy designations to psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression and to MDMA for PTSD.”
― Jim Tate, Elders at the Threshold: Psychedelics for Seniors