Breaking the Stigma: Dr. Rob Tanguay - Treating PTSD with Psychedelics and Advocating for Mental Health Support

Trauma can take many forms. Veterans and frontline workers (like the police) face indescribable events. 

But, how do we treat it?

Dr. Rob Tanguay speaks about the incredibly innovative treatments being offered through: The Newly Institute.

But, that's not all - we also talk about: the state of the public health care system in Canada and what we can do within our own limits and the limits of the system. 

Dr. Rob Tanguay
BSc (Hons), MD, FRCPC, CISAM, CCSAM
Chief Medical Officer, The Newly Institute
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
Departments of Psychiatry and Surgery
President, Pain Society of Alberta
Alberta and NWT Regional Director, CSAM
Co-Lead, Alberta Pain Strategy, AHS
Founder and Clinic Lead, Opioid Deprescribing Program, AHS
Co-Founder and Co-Lead, Community RAAM, AHS
Consultant, Carewest OSIC
Hotchkiss Brain Institute & Mathison Centre for Mental Health

Dr. Tanguay is a Psychiatrist who completed two fellowships, one in
Addiction Medicine and one in Pain Medicine. He is a clinical assistant
professor with the departments of Psychiatry and Surgery at the
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. Most recently Dr. Tanguay helped found and is the Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of The Newly Institute, a program dedicated to providing medical and psychological intervention for people living with complex and treatment-resistant mental health disorders such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, addiction, and chronic pain with the use of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. He was the Medical Lead for Addiction Education for Alberta Health Services (AHS) where he helped develop award-winning programs. He is the Regional Director for Alberta and North West Territories for the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM) where he sits as a board member, the President of the Pain Society of Alberta, and the co-chair of the internationally recognized Alberta Pain Strategy. He is the founder of the Opioid Deprescribing Program with AHS, the Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) Community Clinic with AHS, and the Transitional Outpatient Pain Program for Spine (TOPPS) clinic working with spinal surgeons to optimize spinal surgery outcomes. He also consults with the Carewest Operational Stress Injury Clinic treating
veterans and RCMP for trauma-related injuries. Academically, he is involved in research in trauma, addiction, chronic pain, opioids, cannabis, and psychedelics and is a member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education at the University of Calgary.

To learn more about The Newly Institute please visit: https://www.thenewly.ca/

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