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These patients were sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health to be part of the first study conducted on the effects of psychedelic drugs on people with schizophrenia. [1] The Spring Grove Experiments were adapted to study the effect of LSD and psychotherapy on patients including alcoholics , [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 3 ] heroin addicts ...
The psychedelic therapy method was initiated by Humphry Osmond and Abram Hoffer (with some influence from Al Hubbard) and replicated by Keith Ditman, [91] [92] 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.
LSD, a classical psychedelic, is deemed physiologically safe at standard dosages (50–200 μg) and its primary risks lie in psychological effects rather than physiological harm. [ 23 ] [ 57 ] A 2010 study by David Nutt ranked LSD as significantly less harmful than alcohol , placing it near the bottom of a list assessing the harm of 20 drugs.
A list of 'effects' that have been noticed in the field of psychology. [clarification needed] Ambiguity effect;
Psychedelic treatments for trauma-related disorders are the use of psychedelic substances, either alone or used in conjunction with psychotherapy, to treat trauma-related disorders. [1] Trauma-related disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), have a lifetime prevalence of around 8% in the US population. [ 2 ]