This scoping review investigates the conceptual production and governance of psychedelic integration across a broad spectrum of institutional and cultural logics. While the term is increasingly central to psychedelic practice, it remains conceptually ambiguous, with definitions and practices varying significantly across clinical trials, therapeutic frameworks, and naturalistic settings. The...
Background/Aim Increased attention is being paid toward Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP) and how this can support priority populations such as trans people. The current study analyses trans people’s naturalistic psychedelic experiences shared on the social media platform Reddit to inform PAP.Methods 225 posts from between 2019 and 2024 were recorded from the subreddits r/trans and...
Psychedelic-assisted therapies are re-emerging as credible options in psychological care amid a high global burden of mental ill-health and limited response to first-line treatments. Once marginal, psychedelics are now part of mainstream research and policy debate, while remaining illegal or tightly restricted in many jurisdictions. Classic and atypical compounds (e.g., psilocybin, MDMA) act...
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PAT) is a rapidly growing therapeutic approach that to date has rarely considered the nuanced needs of LGBTQA+ individuals. This study explores what LGBTQA+ individuals consider important for healthcare providers (HCPs) to consider when providing PAT. A global sample of LGBTQA+ individuals aged 18+ who had experience using a classic psychedelic compound at least...