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23/03/2024 23/03/2024

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.

23/03/2024 23/03/2024

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.

08/04/2023 08/04/2023

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.

07/03/2023 07/03/2023

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.

10/12/2022 10/12/2022

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.

23/07/2022 23/07/2022

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.

02/07/2022 02/07/2022

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".

07/05/2022 07/05/2022

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.

22/04/2022 22/04/2022

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

01/04/2022 01/04/2022

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.

16/03/2022 16/03/2022

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

09/03/2022 09/03/2022

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.