A new therapy for Ukraine’s scarred soldiers: ketamine
Psychedelics can help them to overcome trauma, and possibly to fight
IHOR KHOLODILO should probably not have survived. The military psychologist and medic was evacuating comrades in early 2023 when his jeep was hit by a Russian tank shell. He was left barely able to communicate. Operations saved his heart and vision. But doctors were unable to correct his slur and stammer. He tried all kinds of radical therapies, but nothing helped. Then he met Vladislav Matrenitsky, a pioneer of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, who posed an unexpected question. Would he try ketamine?
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Trip out of hell”
Europe January 20th 2024
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