In the present paper, we discuss the ethics of compassionate psychedelic psychotherapy and argue that it can be morally permissible. When talking about psychedelics, we mean specifically two substances: psilocybin and MDMA. When administered under supportive conditions and in conjunction with psychotherapy...
the process involves things like medications and talk therapy to root out the issues. But there's been a surprising treatment that been gaining a lot of traction the last several years... the use of psychedelics.
Promising early-phase clinical research (1960s to early 1970s) suggested a therapeutic signal for serotoninergic psychedelics (e.g. psilocybin, LSD) in treating cancer-related psychiatric distress. After several decades of quiescence, research on psychedelic-assisted therapy to treat psychiatric disorders...
Drugs such as ketamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ecstasy) also produce acute psychedelic-like effects; however, they are not classic psychedelics, because of their distinct pharmacology. Although ketamine has been suggested to have abortive effects in CH,4the effects do ...
Exploring protective associations between the use of classic psychedelics and cocaine use disorder: a population-based survey study Article Open access 16 February 2022 Effect of integrated hepatitis C virus treatment on psychological distress in people with substance use disorders Article Open access...
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Exploring protective associations between the use of classic psychedelics and cocaine use disorder: a population-based survey study Article Open access 16 February 2022 Rates and correlates of cannabis-associated psychotic symptoms in over 230,000 people who use cannabis Article Open access 06 Septe...
We aimed to determine the prevalence of drug and polydrug use in people living with HIV in Austria for the first time for which a two center cross-sectional study was performed. Participants were recruited from consecutive patients during their regularly
"Integration sessions are really oriented towards trying to make meaning out of the experiences you’ve already had and trying to cement long-term therapeutic change," Caldwell said. Essentially, taking psychedelics in these settings isn’t fun — it’s work. Expensive work. In Oregon,...
Psychedelics Psychedelic substances, such as LSD and mushrooms, cause users to experience an altered state of mind known as “tripping.” When tripping, people lose their sense of reality. They experience hallucinations, an altered sense of time and space, and a heightened sense of thinking. ...