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Oct 16

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138. Scottish Ambulance Service - Frontl...

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Join us in this episode as Prof Nutt speaks to John, Joanne, and Ryan of the Scottish Ambulance Service in Glasgow. They explore their backgrounds in the Service and how their work exposed them to challenging situations that caused severe detriment to their mental health. After describing the failings of traditional mental health support for emergency workers, they tell their story of travelling to Peru for an ayahuasca retreat, an eye-opening and profoundly heartening experience.

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Scottish Ambulance Services

Heroic Hearts Project UK

Scottish Psychedelic Research Group

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