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In the early 1960s in Psychedelic Research Institute in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Stanislav Grof tested the value of LSD in treatment of psychologically ill patients. His goal was to observe the effect of psychedelics on the psychology of terminally-ill cancer patients. [3] Grof would later be involved in research at the Spring Grove Clinic.
The psychedelic therapy method was initiated by Humphry Osmond and Abram Hoffer (with some influence from Al Hubbard) and replicated by Keith Ditman, [90] [91] and is more closely aligned to transpersonal psychology than to traditional psychoanalysis. [citation needed] Most recent research on psychedelic therapy has used psilocybin or ayahuasca ...
Psychedelic therapy (or psychedelic-assisted therapy) refers to the proposed use of psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin, MDMA, [note 2] LSD, and ayahuasca, to treat mental disorders. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] As of 2021, psychedelic drugs are controlled substances in most countries and psychedelic therapy is not legally available outside clinical trials ...
Psychedelic therapy (or psychedelic-assisted therapy) is the proposed use of psychedelic drugs to treat mental disorders. [59] As of 2021, psychedelic drugs are controlled substances in most countries and psychedelic therapy is not legally available outside clinical trials, with some exceptions. [34] [60]
Psilocybin therapy is the use of psilocybin (the psychoactive ingredient in psilocybin mushrooms) in treating a range of mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety, addictions, [1] obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and psychosis. [2] It is one of several forms of psychedelic therapy under study.
(COLORADO) — Colorado is about to become the second state in the nation to offer regulated access to psychedelic therapy. Coloradans passed the “Natural Medicine Health Act” in 2022, paving ...
These negative effects were reported to be easily managed by the researchers and did not have a lasting negative effect on the subject's sense of well-being. [105] A follow-up study conducted 14 months after the original psilocybin session confirmed that participants continued to attribute deep personal meaning to the experience.
[4] [6] Trip killers are sometimes used by recreational psychedelic users as a form of harm reduction to manage so-called bad trips, for instance difficult experiences with prominent anxiety. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] They can also be used clinically to manage effects of hallucinogens, like anxiety and psychomotor agitation , for instance in the emergency ...