CERL Executive Board member Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Stephen N. Xenakis, M.D., appeared on KCSA’s The Green Rush podcast to discuss his career in the military and psychiatry, how the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association (APPA) is shaping practice guidelines for professionals administering psychedelic-assisted therapy, and the obligation to find mental health solutions for the Veteran community.

Brig. Gen. Xenakis is an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist with many years of clinical, academic, and management experience. He is the Executive Director of APPA, an advisor for Physicians for Human Rights and the Center for Victims of Torture, and an Adjust Professor at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He is also a member of the CERL Executive Board. Read his bio here.

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