Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics and contextual factors
Psychopharmacology March 7, 2020 Jay A. Olson, Léah Suissa-Rocheleau, Michael Lifshitz et al. 148 citations
RationaleIs it possible to have a psychedelic experience from a placebo alone? Most psychedelic studies find few effects in the placebo control group, yet these effects may have been obscured by the study design, setting, or analysis decisions.ObjectiveWe examined individual variation in placebo effects in a naturalistic environment resembling a typical psychedelic party.MethodsThirty-three...