Importance of Integrating Spiritual, Existential, Religious, and Theological Components in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies.
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DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.1554
Abstract: Importance Mounting evidence supports the role of spiritual, existential, religious, and theological components in mediating psychedelic-assisted therapy, yet integration of these elements into the clinical setting is lagging. Observations Although psychedelic-assisted therapy commonly produces spiritually,… read more here.
Keywords: existential religious; psychedelic assisted; assisted therapy; spiritual existential ... See more keywords
Toward a contextual psychedelic-assisted therapy: Perspectives from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and contextual behavioral science
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcbs.2019.10.003
Abstract: Abstract After two decades of quiescence, clinical psychedelic research re-started in the 1990s and is rapidly accelerating. Early evidence for effectiveness is promising, but understanding of the psychological processes of change underlying observed benefits is… read more here.
Keywords: contextual behavioral; psychedelic assisted; assisted therapy; therapy ... See more keywords
Seeing without self: Discovering new meaning with psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
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DOI: 10.1080/15294145.2019.1689528
Abstract: ABSTRACT New research in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy merits a reexamination of the neurobiology and phenomenology of psychedelic states. First person accounts of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy are used to re-conceptualize the ego boundary as a defense mechanism which… read more here.
Keywords: assisted psychotherapy; psychedelic assisted; process; without self ... See more keywords
Ethical Considerations at the Intersection Between Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy and Medical Assistance in Dying
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DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2023.2188297
Abstract: Peterson et al. (2023) identify important ethical issues that are relevant to psychedelic therapy and research in various clinical populations and contexts. This is certainly the case in palliative and cancer care, where psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy… read more here.
Keywords: psychedelic assisted; medical assistance; assisted psychotherapy; assistance dying ... See more keywords
With great power comes great vulnerability: an ethical analysis of psychedelics’ therapeutic mechanisms proposed by the REBUS hypothesis
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DOI: 10.1136/jme-2022-108816
Abstract: Psychedelics are experiencing a renaissance in mental healthcare. In recent years, more and more early phase trials on psychedelic-assisted therapy have been conducted, with promising results overall. However, ethical analyses of this rediscovered form of… read more here.
Keywords: hypothesis; rebus hypothesis; mechanisms proposed; psychedelic assisted ... See more keywords
Ethical considerations for psychedelic-assisted therapy in military clinical settings
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DOI: 10.1136/jme-2023-108943
Abstract: Psychedelic treatments, particularly 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted and psilocybin-assisted therapies, have recently seen renewed interest in their clinical potential to treat various mental health conditions. Clinical trials for both MDMA-assisted and psilocybin-assisted therapies have shown to be… read more here.
Keywords: ethical considerations; therapy; service; psychedelic assisted ... See more keywords
Prescribing meaning: hedonistic perspectives on the therapeutic use of psychedelic-assisted meaning enhancement
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DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106619
Abstract: The recent renaissance in research on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is showing great promise for the treatment of many psychiatric conditions. Interestingly, therapeutic outcomes for patients undergoing these treatments are predicted by the occurrence of a mystical… read more here.
Keywords: assisted psychotherapy; psychedelic assisted; meaning hedonistic; meaning enhancement ... See more keywords
Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: A Paradigm Shift in Psychiatric Research and Development
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DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00733
Abstract: Mental disorders are rising while development of novel psychiatric medications is declining. This stall in innovation has also been linked with intense debates on the current diagnostics and explanations for mental disorders, together constituting a… read more here.
Keywords: assisted psychotherapy; psychedelic assisted; paradigm shift; mental disorders ... See more keywords
On the need for metaphysics in psychedelic therapy and research
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1128589
Abstract: The essential proposal of this text is that psychedelic-induced metaphysical experiences should be integrated and evaluated with recourse to metaphysics. It will be argued that there is a potential extra benefit to patients in psychedelic-assisted… read more here.
Keywords: philosophy; metaphysics; need metaphysics; psychedelic therapy ... See more keywords
Examining the Potential Synergistic Effects Between Mindfulness Training and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.707057
Abstract: Mindfulness-based interventions and psychedelic-assisted therapy have been experimentally utilised in recent years as alternative treatments for various psychopathologies with moderate to great success. Both have also demonstrated significant post-acute and long-term decreases in clinical symptoms… read more here.
Keywords: psychedelic assisted; synergistic effects; based interventions; assisted therapy ... See more keywords
The Need for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in the Black Community and the Burdens of Its Provision
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.774736
Abstract: Psychedelic medicine is an emerging field that examines entheogens, psychoactive substances that produce non-ordinary states of consciousness (NOSC). 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is currently in phase-3 FDA clinical trials in the United States (US) and Canada to… read more here.
Keywords: need psychedelic; black community; psychedelic assisted; assisted therapy ... See more keywords