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Understanding Psychosis: Integrating Phenomenology and Descriptive Psychopathology

Preprints.org June 20, 2025 Lida‐alkisti Xenaki, Nikos C. Stefanis preprint

Psychosis constitutes a profound alteration in the individual's relationship with the self and the world, expressed through symptoms signalized by loss of reality testing. Mainstream psychiatric approaches often rely heavily on descriptive psychopathology, which may overlook the multifaceted subjective experiences of affected individuals. This paper outlines an integrative framework to enhance...

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202506.1750.v1 (opens in new tab) Psychopathology Phenomenology philosophy Psychosis Conceptualization +5

The Emerging Use of Psilocybin in Adult Populations with Alcohol Use Disorder: A Scoping Review

Preprints.org June 19, 2025 Danial Daroui, Andrea Mastrostefano, Flavio Davini et al. 1 citation preprint

Background: Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a chronic pathological condition with significant burdens throughout the world. Despite the effectiveness of the current pharmacological treatments, the ongoing issues with AUD and the high relapse rates necessitate the exploration of innovative therapies, including the use of psychedelic drugs, which have shown promising initial results. The purpose of...

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202506.1536.v1 (opens in new tab) Psilocybin Alcohol use disorder Context archaeology Relapse prevention +4

Countering Climate Fear with Mindfulness: A Framework for Sustainable Behavioral Change

Preprints.org June 17, 2025 Latha Poonamallee 1 citation preprint

Addressing the escalating environmental crisis requires not only technological and economic solutions but also a transformation in human behavior and organizational practices. This paper examines the potential of mindfulness to foster pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) by enhancing psychological traits, such as ecological awareness and emotional regulation, that support sustainable actions. It...

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202506.1361.v1 (opens in new tab) Mindfulness Climate change Cognitive psychology Psychotherapist +1

Human Brain and Mysticism

Preprints.org June 13, 2025 Gopikrishna Deshpande, Joshita Majumdar, D. Rangaprakash preprint

Mysticism has been an integral part of human society for ages. It involves both spirituality and religiosity. The former is associated with attaining higher states of consciousness without an essential belief in a supernatural power (or God), while the latter does. While there is plenty of speculative literature available on these topics, we instead focus on peer-reviewed scientific literature...

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202410.0507.v2 (opens in new tab) Mysticism Epistemology Theology

Religion and the Brain - on Consciousness and Attention

Preprints.org April 25, 2025 Johannes Bronkhorst preprint

There can be degrees of attention. Greater depth of attention is often referred to as concentration or absorption. Great depth of attention may affect the way we experience the world, leading in extreme cases to religious experiences. In spite of its importance, little is known about the neural correlates (NCCs) of those states. This paper makes a proposal as to those correlates. It suggests...

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202504.2087.v1 (opens in new tab) Consciousness Psychoanalysis Cognitive science

Mindfulness, Difficulties in Emotional Regulation, Negative and Positive Affect as Predictors of Anxiety, Depression, and Psychological Distress in Early Adolescence

Preprints.org April 16, 2025 Bárbara Porter, Cristián Oyanadel, Yaranay López-Angulo et al. 1 citation preprint

Background/Objectives: The high prevalence of anxiety and depression in early adolescents, along with the significant disability these conditions, represent a major challenge for mental health. This data underscores the need to understand the variables that predict mental health in this developmental period. Objective: Evaluate the predictive role of mindfulness, difficulties in emotional...

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202504.1309.v1 (opens in new tab)

‘Psychedelic’ as Mind-Revealing: Psychological Processes in the Subjective Experience That Drive Positive Change

Preprints.org July 30, 2024 Rúna F. E. Walther, Hein T. van Schie preprint

This narrative review explores the utilization of psychedelic states in therapeutic contexts, deliberately shifting the focus from psychedelic substances back to the experiential phenomena they induce, in alignment with the original meaning of the term "mind-manifesting." The review provides an overview of various psychedelic substances used in modern therapeutic settings and ritualistic...

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202407.2400.v1 (opens in new tab) Cognitive psychology

An “Auction of Souls”: War, Magical Parasitism, and Re-enchanted Spirits in Siberia

Preprints.org June 27, 2024 Konstantinos Zorbas 1 citation preprint

Alleged practices of magical assault and vampirism are a recurrent feature of popular explanations of misfortune in Tuva Republic, South Siberia. Based on a field study of healing practices in an “Association of Shamans”, this article analyses rituals of countercursing one’s antagonists in a context of Russian political domination. A central purpose of this discussion is to foreground the...

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202406.1928.v1 (opens in new tab) Shamanism Buddhism Indigenous Politics +6

Metastability demystified — the foundational past, the pragmatic present, and the potential future

Preprints.org July 21, 2023 Fran Hancock, Fernando E. Rosas, Mengsen Zhang et al. 16 citations preprint

Healthy brain functioning depends on balancing stable integration between brain areas for effective coordinated functioning, with bursts of desynchronisation to allow subsystems to reconfigure and express functional specialisation. Metastability, a concept originated in statistical physics and dynamical systems theory, has been proposed as a key signature that characterises this balance....

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202307.1445.v1 (opens in new tab) Meditation Cognitive science Metastability Brain function +4

Cardioprotective Potential of the Ethanol and Water Extracts of Four Psilocybin Mushrooms on Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertrophy and Oxidative Stress on H9C2 Cardiomyocytes

Preprints.org June 6, 2023 Sanah Malomile Nkadimeng, Christiaan M.l. Steinmann, J.n. Eloff 1 citation preprint

Psilocybin-containing mushrooms, commonly known as magic mushrooms have antidepressant effect, however, their safety in cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure is not fully known and needs to be investigated. Cardiac hypertrophy is an independent risk factor for heart failure morbidity and mortality. Angiotensin II (Ang-II) plays a major role in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy. We...

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202306.0362.v1 (opens in new tab) Angiotensin ii Oxidative stress Losartan Reactive oxygen species +3

The Self-Simulation Theory:A Computational Theory of Consciousness

Preprints.org November 23, 2022 preprint

The current theories of consciousness do not address the two major problems:What is the solution to the hard problem of consciousness or What is the experience of self-existence? and How is conscious perception computed? We address these questions using our hypothesized theory:The Self Simulation theory and propose a model of computation of consciousness.The components of the model are an...

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202211.0434.v1 (opens in new tab)