Course Description
About AAPP Toolkits
AAPP toolkits highlight both the evidence base available as well as strategies of clinical decision making used by expert psychiatric pharmacist clinicians. The content reflects the views and practice of the authors as substantiated with evidence-based facts as well as opinion and experience. Toolkits are peer reviewed by psychiatric pharmacists. Authors and AAPP review and update toolkits annually and strive to use up-to-date, non-stigmatizing language. Terminology does evolve rapidly and often regionally such that there may be differences between reader experiences and expectations and those of the author(s). AAPP members receive complimentary, continuous access to toolkits. Non-members can purchase for a fee for a period of 3 months.
Classic psychedelics, or classical hallucinogens, are Schedule I psychoactive drugs which historically have been used by various ethnic groups for traditional and religious purposes and associated spiritual experiences. In modern times, psychedelics are commonly used for their recreational intentions.
The toolkit provides information in the following areas:
- Mechanisms of Action
- Characteristics of Psychedelics
- Psychedelic Intoxications
- Medical Risks due to Psychedelic Use
- Clinical Pearls with Psychedelics
- Harm Reduction
- References
Authored by AAPP member Manuel Seraydarian, PharmD, this toolkit is intended to highlight both the evidence base available as well as strategies of clinical decision making used by expert clinicians.