Chapter

The Ethics of Treating Mental Health with Big Pharma
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2:26:48 - 2:36:46 (09:57)

The debate on whether big pharma should optimize for profit or benefit when treating mental health is ongoing. However, ultimately, therapists and doctors who care more about the patients should be given more power than profit-maximizing companies.

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The use of ketamine for depression treatment has raised concerns about the motives and actions of profit-driven pharmaceutical companies and the emergence of lucrative ketamine clinics, despite the drug being a world essential medicine.
2:26:48 - 2:29:32 (02:43)
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Ketamine Therapy
Summary

The use of ketamine for depression treatment has raised concerns about the motives and actions of profit-driven pharmaceutical companies and the emergence of lucrative ketamine clinics, despite the drug being a world essential medicine.

Chapter
The Ethics of Treating Mental Health with Big Pharma
Episode
#202 – Rick Doblin: Psychedelics
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The public demanding Big Pharma to prioritize benefits over profits and giving more power to doctors can incentivize pharmaceutical companies to do better.
2:29:32 - 2:32:25 (02:53)
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Big Pharma
Summary

The public demanding Big Pharma to prioritize benefits over profits and giving more power to doctors can incentivize pharmaceutical companies to do better. If alternative therapeutic methods are made available, with trained individuals and peer support, people can have a choice other than solely relying on pharma companies.

Chapter
The Ethics of Treating Mental Health with Big Pharma
Episode
#202 – Rick Doblin: Psychedelics
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
A wise visionary gives advice to young people to develop a combination of what they need in terms of income for survival and what the world needs to make it better, and to remember that life is not that long.
2:32:25 - 2:36:46 (04:20)
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Career advice
Summary

A wise visionary gives advice to young people to develop a combination of what they need in terms of income for survival and what the world needs to make it better, and to remember that life is not that long.

Chapter
The Ethics of Treating Mental Health with Big Pharma
Episode
#202 – Rick Doblin: Psychedelics
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast