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Adjunctive ketamine with relapse prevention–based psychological therapy in the treatment of alcohol use disorder
Ketamine treatment was well tolerated and was also helpful.
Lifetime use of MDMA/ecstasy and psilocybin is associated with reduced odds of major depressive episodes
Results revealed that lifetime MDMA/ecstasy and/or psilocybin use were associated with significantly lowered odds of a lifetime MDE ... and past year severe MDE.
The effects of psilocybin on cognitive and emotional functions in healthy participants: Results from a phase 1, randomised, placebo-controlled trial involving simultaneous psilocybin administration and preparation
These results indicate that 10 mg and 25 mg doses of psilocybin were generally well tolerated when given to up to six participants simultaneously ...
A systematic literature review of clinical trials and therapeutic applications of ibogaine
The published data suggest that ibogaine is an effective therapeutic intervention within the context of SUDs, reducing withdrawal symptoms and craving.
Psychedelic mushrooms in the USA: Knowledge, patterns of use, and association with health outcomes
A significant number of Americans are already “self-medicating” with PM
COMPASS give fuller results of their phase IIb research on psilocybin-assisted therapy for treatment resistant depression
Our randomised controlled phase IIb study of psilocybin therapy in treatment-resistant depression is the largest psilocybin therapy clinical trial ever conducted
Emerging evidence shows that it may be both safe and effective to add psilocybin to current antidepressant treatment
Two recent studies raise the exciting possibility that it could be both safe and helpful to add psilocybin-assisted therapy to SSRI's.
Psychedelic science of spirituality and religion: An attachment-informed agenda proposal
We set an agenda for a psychedelic science of spirituality and religion, based on a synthesis of attachment theory with the Relaxed Beliefs Under pSychedelics (REBUS) model.
Most addiction specialists support legalized therapeutic psychedelics
The majority of US addiction specialists, including psychiatrists, believe psychedelics are promising for the treatment of substance use disorders.
Psychedelic-assisted therapy for substance use disorders and potential mechanisms of action
Understanding the mechanisms of action and evaluating their synergistic efficacy in scientific studies will be critical to advance the framework of psychedelic-assisted therapy for addiction.
The emerging science of microdosing: A systematic review of research on low dose psychedelics (1955 – 2021)
We review data related to expectation and placebo effects, but argue that claims that microdosing effects are largely due to expectancy are premature and possibly wrong.
An encounter with the other: A thematic and content analysis of DMT experiences from a naturalistic field study
The present study provides a systematic and in-depth analysis of the nuanced content of the otherworldly encounter within the breakthrough DMT experience.
Psychedelic therapy's transdiagnostic effects: A research domain criteria (RDoC) perspective
Focusing on the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) as a template, we will describe the multimodal mechanisms underlying the transdiagnostic therapeutic effects of psychedelic therapy
Microdosing of psychoactive substances in business practice
Abusing psychoactive substances has been a popular sport in the business world since the mid-19th century.
Recreational psychedelic users frequently encounter complete mystical experiences: Trip content and implications for wellbeing
Psychedelics are uniquely capable of reliably occasioning mystical experiences in ordinary humans without contemplative or religious backgrounds.
A spectrum of selves reinforced in multilevel coherence: A contextual behavioural response to the challenges of psychedelic-assisted therapy development
This model expands ACT by integrating practises and data from psychedelic-assisted therapy research.
The readiness of psychiatrists to implement psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
NHS psychiatrists are positive about the potential for psychedelic-assisted therapy to advance psychiatric practise.
Examining attitudes to psilocybin: Should candidates for medical psilocybin be required to pass a contextual suitability test
A suitability test may be a useful tool when determining whether a prescription of psilocybin is an appropriate course of treatment.
A semantic scale network analysis of the revised Mystical Experiences Questionnaire: A call for collaboration
This analytic approach might suggest unique applications for psychedelic-assisted treatments and provide perspectives on phenomena outside the field.
Psychedelics as tools for belief transmission. set, setting, suggestibility, and persuasion in the ritual use of hallucinogens
Use of psychedelics in the collective rituals of numerous indigenous groups suggests that these substances are powerful catalysts of belief transmission.