Grinspoon discusses recovery, addiction and whether psychedelics might have a role in addiction treatment.
Read moreHPPD: Hallucinogen-Persisting Perception Disorder
Here’s a look at HPPD, the persistence of psychedelic-like perceptual phenomena after the acute effects of a psychedelic have worn off. It may be rare, but it is a risk and not well understood.
Read morePsychedelics for OCD?
A team of researchers has analysed the experience of people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) who have taken psychedelics, finding 30% experienced relief from their symptoms.
Read moreFalse Insights with Psychedelics
Psychedelic insights are thought to be highly valuable and therapeutic—but can they be false?
Researchers suggest this is sometimes the case.
Read morePsychiatrists Have Positive Attitude Towards Psychedelics
This recent study shows a striking positive shift in attitudes toward the therapeutic potential of hallucinogens among American psychiatrists since 2016, with a majority of responding psychiatrists planning to incorporate hallucinogen-assisted therapy into their practice if regulatory approval is granted.
Read moreNew Psilocybin Research
This recently published study showed that psilocybin use is associated with persisting improvements in mental health and wellbeing.
Read morePsychedelics and Neanderthals
Strands of human hair found in a Menorca, Spain, burial site gave researchers insight into hallucinogenic use during prehistoric times by some of the earliest species of humans.
Read morePsychedelics, Therapists, Shamans...
A good article describing how someone who has never had their own psychedelic trip will not be able to guide someone through a trip as intricately as someone who is more experienced.
Even someone who has had a few of their own experiences is limited in their ability to do this.
As a result, the person undergoing treatment with psychedelics is largely left to navigate the unfamiliar landscape by themselves.
This, however, does have some similarities to the shamanic experience.
What do you think?
Psychedelics, Aging and Dying
Great article at MAPS on how psychedelics are poised to change how we age and die.
Read morePsychedelics for OCD
According to survey results published last week in Nature Scientific Reports, psychedelics might help people with OCD reduce their symptoms.
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