Existential Crisis – Improving the Odds of Surviving Cancer through the Mental Health
Existential Crisis – Improving the Odds of Surviving Cancer through the Mental Health
‘Code Cart’: The Promise of tVNS and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies
Traditionally, cancer treatment has focused on what we do as physicians to eradicate cancer from the physical body utilizing a combination of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Although we have made major strides in cancer diagnosis and treatment, we have opportunities to improve the path to survivorship. Patients come into a cancer diagnosis with a lifetime of lived experiences, including those viewed as positive as well as adverse childhood experiences. A cancer diagnosis initiates an existential spiritual crisis that provides a unique opportunity to focus on the psychosocial emotional wellbeing of the individual. Antidepressants fail miserably in oncology patients. Therefore, turning to novel electroceuticals, trauma therapy, plant medicines and psychedelic-assisted therapies provide a new path for us to shift gears in cancer care survivorship.
Objectives:
- Evaluate and understand the importance of accessing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) in cancer patients
- Create a strategy to utilize plant medicines and psychedelic-assisted therapies in healing PTSD, depression and alleviating the existential crisis of cancer
- Recognize that high Vagal nerve activity is associated with better cancer prognosis, including slower tumor progression and increased survival time
- Applying HRV (heart rate variability )measurements to assess the level of CNS Vagus nerve activation
- Explore a novel strategy for prevention of post-MDMA comedown/hangover utilizing tVNS
EVENT DETAILS
Date: 24th March
9 PM EST USA
DATE: 25th March 2026
TIME: 12:00pm – 1:15pm (AEDT) Australia