Preventing Sexual Abuse in Psychedelic Therapy
Recent study interviews 23 underground psychedelic therapy practitioners about the biggest ethical issues and boundary challenges they face while sharing such an intimate space with clients.
Evan Lewis-Healey is a Cognitive Neuroscience researcher and science writer from the UK. He studied a Master's in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), where he spent his time researching and writing about the neuroscience of psychedelics and meditation. Alongside writing, Evan is also a research assistant at the UvA, and is seeking a PhD in the neuroscience of altered states of consciousness.
Recent study interviews 23 underground psychedelic therapy practitioners about the biggest ethical issues and boundary challenges they face while sharing such an intimate space with clients.
Less than half of psychologists surveyed agreed that psychedelics showed promise in the treatment of serious mental health issues.
Recent analysis cites positive results of clinical psychedelic trials, coupled with a large amount of capital investment into biotech companies.
Explore how the Mazatecs, the Shipibo People, Yanomami People, and Africans practicing the Bwiti religion continue to use various entheogens to this day.
In Brazil, there have been no instances of an individual being punished for the consumption, cultivation, or possession of magic mushrooms.
Study authors write, “Results showed significant and large reductions in the intensity of traumatic stress, depression, and anxiety symptoms from the 30 days before to the 30 days after a referent psychedelic experience.”
Recent ayahuasca study concludes mixed messages in attempt to determine if the ancient plant medicine has power to change personality, as psilocybin has shown.
Researchers hope to establish whether the effects of microdosing are as profound as people say they are, since previous studies could not rule out placebo effect.
Take a deep dive into the history, effects, and benefits of this psychoactive plant that is still largely under the radar as interest in psychedelics explodes.
Two researchers argue we still can’t be sure what the effects of widespread public use of psychedelics would be, and point to possible negatives.
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