On NBC News: SoundMind Psychedelic Access for Veterans Program

This Veteran's Day, SoundMind is proud to share our work to improve equity and access to psychedelic-assisted therapies for our nation's Veterans. There is an urgent need for effective, accessible mental health interventions for Veterans, and these innovative new treatments offer hope for more effective care for PTSD, depression, and other mental health concerns.

Airing November 11 at 10:30pm EST, NBC News follows the treatment story of USMC Combat Veteran Aneudie “Ace" Crespo, who spent the last decade since leaving the Marines struggling with the ongoing effects of PTSD and depression. His attempts to find relief through traditional psychotherapy and medication had repeatedly failed, and he had trouble finding a reason to be alive.

Through generous support from and collaboration with Reason for Hope and Heroic Hearts Project, Ace was able to access treatment at SoundMind, and is already showing powerful results, reporting “a sense of peace I don’t know that I’ve ever felt in my life”. He describes being able to “go into the dark place and shed the guilt and shame” from his trauma, and "is relieved [he] is still alive".