psychedelic therapy
Hallucinogen-assisted healing sessions
Psychedelic therapy is the supervised use of hallucinogenic substances—such as psilocybin, MDMA, or LSD—to treat mental health conditions like depression, PTSD, or addiction.
Sessions typically occur in controlled clinical settings with trained therapists guiding the experience.
The approach has ancient roots in indigenous practices but reemerged in Western medicine after decades of prohibition: She tried psychedelic therapy after antidepressants failed.
- psilocybinHallucinogenic substance from fungi
- LSDPsychedelic hallucinogen
- ego dissolutionDisappearance of personal identity
- ego deathTotal loss of identity
- indigenous traditionsOriginal inhabitants' cultural ways
MDMA · neuroplasticity · emotional catharsis · ketamine · ayahuasca · mescaline · clinical trials · cognitive flexibility · harm reduction · mystical experiences · breakthrough experience · altered states · informed consent · DMT · set and setting · peyote · regulatory approval · Johns Hopkins
- Neurotherapiesdeep brain stimulation, DBS, neuromodulation, brain stimulation, ECT
- transpersonal psychologyCarl Jung, Abraham Maslow, self-transcendence, peak experiences, peak experience
- mental healthpsychotherapy, mental illness, psychiatrist, psychiatrists, counselor
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- drug policynarcotics, drug reform, drug enforcement, drug policy, decriminalization
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psychedelic therapytalk therapy
Psychological treatment via conversation
cognitive behavioral therapy · psychoanalysis · behavioral therapy · exposure therapy · electroconvulsive therapy
psychedelic therapystandard of care
Minimum acceptable professional conduct
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