Enhancing equity-oriented care in psychedelic medicine: Utilizing the EQUIP framework
International Journal of Drug Policy August 27, 2021 Kerri Rea, Bruce Wallace 30 citations
As psychedelic-assisted therapies re-enter mainstream medicine and mental health, concerns about equitable access have arisen, particularly for Black, Indigenous, people of colour, and people who use drugs. These therapies risk exemplifying the inverse care law, where services are least accessible to communities with the most need, especially if regulated into the private sector. This paper examines how the EQUIP Health Care approach—which emphasizes cultural safety, harm reduction, trauma and violence-informed care, and contextual tailoring—could inform the development of equity-oriented psychedelic-assisted therapies, aiming to reduce structural inequities, discrimination, and mismatches between care and the needs of marginalized groups.