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Unique psychological mechanisms underlying psilocybin therapy versus escitalopram treatment in the treatment of major depressive disorder
Among a comprehensive set of acute experiences related to psilocybin, so-called “mystical experience” and “ego dissolution” were unique in mediating the effect of treatment condition on depressive response with high specificity. Higher reported levels of mystical experience, emotional breakthrough, and intense responses to music-listening were furthermore associated with greater antidepressant response.
The therapeutic alliance between study participants and intervention facilitators is associated with acute effects and clinical outcomes in a psilocybin-assisted therapy trial for major depressive disorder
These findings highlight the importance of the therapeutic relationship in PAT. Future research should explore therapist and participant characteristics which maximize the therapeutic alliance and evaluate its relationship to treatment outcomes.
Psychedelic-induced mystical experiences: An interdisciplinary discussion and critique
Fruitful paths toward stronger theoretical and empirical approaches in the study of psychedelic-induced mystical experiences.
Association between mystical-type experiences under psychedelics and improvements in well-being or mental health – A comprehensive review of the evidence
The identified studies suggest that mystical-type experiences under psychedelics are associated with improvements in some areas of well-being.
Tune in, turn on: Religious music and spiritual power in the history of psychedelic therapy
We examine how religious sounds and music were both incorporated into and strategically avoided in the early psychedelic therapeutic sessions in an effort to achieve spiritual epiphanies.
Psychedelics, mystical experience, and therapeutic efficacy: A systematic review
In this review, 12 studies of psychedelic therapy utilizing psilocybin, ayahuasca, or ketamine were analyzed for association between mystical experience and symptom reduction.
Language models learn sentiment and substance from 11,000 psychoactive experiences
MDMA was singularly linked to mid-experience swelling of "Love", potent psychedelics like DMT, and 5-MeO-DMT were associated with "Mystical Experiences".
Psychedelic mystical experience: A new agenda for theology
Religious leaders are beginning to speak out publicly in support of careful use of these drugs, and some are training to become “psychedelic chaplains” to work alongside mental health professionals administering these drugs.
Psychedelic experiences and mindfulness are associated with improved wellbeing
These data are among the first to establish a strong relationship between personal mindfulness practice, recreational psychedelic use, and overall psychological wellbeing in a naturalistic framework
Predictors and potentiators of psychedelic-occasioned mystical experiences
This review examines these factors and considers how they might be optimised to increase the chances of a mystical experience occurring.
Effects of naturalistic psychedelic use on depression, anxiety, and well-being: Associations with patterns of use, reported harms, and transformative mental states
the current study add to a growing database indicating that psychedelic use may provide a wide range of mental health benefits
Psilocybin-induced mystical-type experiences are related to persisting positive effects: A quantitative and qualitative report
The MEQ subscales “Positive Mood” and “Mysticality” are associated with positive PEQ whereas the subscales “Transcendence of Time and Space” and “Ineffability” are not.
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.
Psychedelics use predicts more positive emotional reactivity and diminished outward-focused self-consciousness: the mediating role of ego dissolution and mystical experiences
higher number of lifetime psychedelic experiences predicted greater psychological benefits
Spiritual experiences in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy: Case reports of communion with the divine, the departed, and saints in research using psilocybin for the treatment of alcohol dependence
Integration of spiritual experiences when taking psychedelics.
Cannabis-induced oceanic boundlessness
Self-report data suggest that high doses of cannabis can create subjective effects comparable to those identified in trials of psilocybin
Spontaneous spiritual awakenings: phenomenology, altered states, individual differences, and well-being
Spontaneous spiritual awakenings: phenomenology, altered states, individual differences, and well-being
Mystical-type experiences occasioned by ketamine mediate its impact on at-risk drinking: Results from a randomized, controlled trial.
Mystical-type experiences occasioned by ketamine mediate its impact on at-risk drinking