General Hospital Psychiatry
December 10, 2025
Justin Dwyer, Robert B. Johnston, Clare O'Callaghan et al.
3 citations
This qualitative study of how successful Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP) transforms the way of life of terminally ill subjects provides new knowledge for researchers and clinicians contemplating its use. Using an interpretive phenomenological approach (IPA) and interviews with subjects before and after PAP from a recent randomised control trial, we find that participants with extreme...
Front Psychiatry
August 15, 2025
Yvonne Bonomo, Amanda F. Norman, Lisa Collins et al.
1 citation
Introduction: Ayahuasca is a psychedelic compound of N, N, Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and harmala alkaloids used for spiritual and medicinal applications in traditional settings. A range of potential psychotherapeutic mechanisms have been proposed for ayahuasca. These are thought to contribute to improvements in various psychiatric conditions including mood disorders and substance dependence....
General Hospital Psychiatry
August 12, 2025
Margaret Ross, Ravi Iyer, M.l. Williams et al.
13 citations
Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy appears safe and may offer durable relief from depression and anxiety in individuals with a life-threatening illness.
Frontiers in Psychiatry
2025
Justin Dwyer, Robert B. Johnston, Clare O'Callaghan et al.
5 citations
Music has been identified as a central feature of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP) and has hitherto been understood to amplify the psychedelic experience in a predictable way that has been codified into music recommendations and playlists. To re-evaluate the nature and role of music within the participant's world during psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Phenomenological analysis of...
The Ballarat naturalist.
May 1, 2023
Margaret Ross, Justin Dwyer
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Journal of Music Therapy
2020
Clare O’callaghan, Daniel John Hubik, Justin Dwyer et al.
50 citations
Abstract Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music emerged following discontinuation of psychedelic therapy research in the early 1970s, but psychedelic therapy research has since revived. Music remains a vital component. This study examined participants’ experiences of music in psychedelic therapy research. A rapid review of qualitative and quantitative journal articles in four major databases...