in its most rigid form, the “medical model,” a form of understanding health, views the body as a machine to be fixed and repaired . it emerged as the dominant view of health in north america in the 20th century.
but by the 1970s, criticism about the model and its narrow view began to fester. the model does not account for the “social, psychological, and behavioural dimensions of illness,” as one rebuke published in a 1977 issue of science put it.
“i always was frustrated by this model of giving people pills, and just making them comfortable, and not actually diving into the psychology and into the innate nature of who humans are and what they need,” she tells the growthop from vancouver island.
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over the past year, the non-profit has helped 30 canadians secure section 56(1) exemptions to the controlled drugs and substances act, allowing them to legally access psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy. the vast majority of those individuals are facing terminal illnesses. fearnley is their first point of contact at therapsil.
fearnley, alongside a palliative care physician, emergency medicine doctor, clinical psychologist, and registered clinical counsellor, took part in therapsil’s psilocybin therapy beta training program which launched in march. health minister patty hajdu granted the exemptions in december 2020 , after nearly six months of campaigning and advocacy by therapsil.
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