Abstract: Psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) may be approaching its own “Dodo Bird” moment: the appearance that multiple psychotherapeutic modalities “work” equally well, not because they are interchangeable, but because both symptom-focused outcome measures and, more fundamentally, the assumptions embedded in dominant RCT paradigms are ill-suited for probing the dynamic, relational, and...
Psychedelic compounds are emerging treatments for depression, capable of producing rapid and lasting symptom reduction after 1-2 administrations in the context of psychotherapy - a stark contrast to traditional antidepressants. Despite promising outcomes, the mechanisms underlying psychedelics' reported antidepressant effects remain poorly understood and are often framed in fragmented ways....