Empowerment at the Heart of Psychedelic Care. To Be or Not to Be, That Is Not the Question
Digital Access to Libraries January 1, 2024 Nicolas Marquis Fanny Charrasse
Despite being classified as dangerous substances with no therapeutic value by the 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances, psychedelics have seen a resurgence of interest, particularly in disciplines concerned with the psyche. Based on 14 interviews with psychiatrists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, and psychedelic guides, this chapter examines how these practitioners came to consider psychedelics as therapeutic. It tests the hypothesis that a key element in the relegitimization of psychedelics lies in making their use compatible with contemporary ideals of autonomy, especially as expressed in mental health care.