Content Library Podcasts Episode 1069

One Dose That Heals Addiction, PTSD, and Brain Injury? The Science of Ibogaine

Episode 1069 1 hr 20 min

Overview

For decades, psychiatry has relied on treatments that are slow and often ineffective. But what if one intervention could reset the brain, break the grip of addiction, and open the door to an entirely new model of care? On this episode of The Dr. Hyman Show, I sit down with Dr. Nolan Williams, a Stanford neuropsychiatrist pioneering new therapies for substance use disorders, depression, PTSD, and traumatic brain injury.

You’ll learn:

  • Why ibogaine is unlike any other psychedelic—and how it could reset the brain

  • Its promise for treating substance abuse disorders and breaking cycles of addiction

  • The safety step that makes ibogaine treatment possible for real patients

  • Why psychiatry is shifting from trial-and-error to targeted brain circuits

Talks like this remind me just how close we are to real breakthroughs in mental health. Dr. Williams calls it psychiatry 3.0. It’s a new era of treatments that actually heal the brain, and it gives me great hope for the future of medicine.

Sponsors

This episode is brought to you by Seed, Sunlighten, Function Health, Timeline, AirDoctor, and Pique. The Dr. Hyman Show works with a select group of sponsors to allow for ongoing production and allow it to be zero-cost to anyone who wishes to listen to and watch the podcast.

Host & Guests

Transcript

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Dr. Mark Hyman
What you said blew my mind, which is that there's this compound out there that can abruptly interrupt withdrawal from addiction, that can help treat PTSD, depression, traumatic brain injury better than anything else we have out there on the market, in orders of magnitude more.

Dr. Mark Hyman
Doctor. Nolan Williams. Is a triple board certified neuropsychiatrist. And founder of Stanford's Brain Stimulation Lab. He's redefining how we treat depression, PTSD, and addiction.

Using brain stimulation, psychedelics, and neuroscience instead of meds.

Nolan Williams
I mean, there was a WHO statistic that really struck me, which is one out of two people will have a DSM diagnosis at some point in their lifetime.

Dr. Mark Hyman
I think this is like a really paradigm shifting moment where work like yours..

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Ep. 1069 - One Dose That Heals Addiction, PTSD, and Brain Injury? The Science of Ibogaine