Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
Lucas Silva Rodrigues, José Augusto Silva Reis, Giordano Novak Rossi et al.
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Ayahuasca is a South American plant hallucinogen rich in the psychedelic N,N-dimethyltryptamine and β-carbolines (mainly harmine). Preclinical and observational studies suggest that ayahuasca exerts beneficial effects in substance use disorders, but these potentials were never assessed in a clinical trial. Single-center, single-blind, feasibility, proof-of-concept study, assessing the effects...
Rodrick Wallace
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Abstract: The Data Rate Theorem carries deep implications for theories of embodied cognition, extensions providing a spectrum of necessary conditions dynamic statistical models useful in empirical studies. A large deviations argument, however, implies that the regulation and stabilization of such systems is itself an interpenetrating phenomenon necessarily convoluted with embodied cognition....
Alvita Sam, Alexander de Foe, Aspasia Stacey Rabba et al.
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Background: Autistic adults are under-investigated in psychedelic research, despite speculated elevated likelihood of substance use for therapeutic and recreational purposes.Aims: This study explored contexts of naturalistic psychedelic use and wellbeing and mental health indicators in a group of Autistic adults using psychedelics for therapeutic purposes, and compared these with the broader...
Janis Ancans
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AbstractBackground. Existential distress and treatment-resistant depression are common and difficult to manage in patients with serious and life-limiting illnesses. Psilocybin-assisted therapy has shown early promise for these conditions, but access outside research settings remains narrow, inconsistent, expensive and often shaped by outdated eligibility rules. These include extremely limited...
Janis Ancans
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Legal access to psilocybin almost always requires a medical diagnosis first, usually treatment-resistant depression (TRD) or severe PTSD, as though informed consent alone was not sufficient. This article makes two connected arguments. Extending the autonomy argument already accepted for terminally ill patients, competent adults who understand the potential benefits and risks of a psilocybin...
John Paul Minda, Jeena Cho, Emily Nielsen et al.
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Research has shown that lawyers often experience symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress in their lives. Mindfulness meditation may be an effective way to reduce the many negative effects associated with work stress. We asked a group of 46 lawyers to participate in an eight week mindfulness meditation program that was designed for lawyers. The mindfulness program was based on The Anxious...
E. S. Louise Faber
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Abstract: Spiritual practices are gaining an increasingly wider audience as a means to enhance positive affect in healthy individuals and to treat neurological disorders such as anxiety and depression. The current study aimed to examine the neural correlates of two different forms of love generated by spiritual practices using EEG; love generated during a loving kindness meditation performed by...
Vera U. Ludwig, Jenny Wey, Mahir Sudad et al.
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OBJECTIVES: This study tested whether in-person Contemplative Dyad Meditation (CDM) can help young adults connect and improve well-being. In CDM, two individuals take turns sharing present-moment experiences while the other listens non-judgmentally. CDM was compared to an active social comparison condition, Fast Friends (FF), and a no-intervention group (NI).METHODS: This preregistered,...
Mohamad Baydoun, Zen Gajtani, Kathryn A. Birnie et al.
UNSTRUCTURED: Introduction: Chronic cancer-related pain (CRP) has a significant negative impact on quality of life. Mindfulness is hypothesized to mitigate chronic CRP by regulating both physical and emotional resistance to pain. In recent years, there has been an interest in the use of virtual reality (VR) to deliver mindfulness meditation. Virtual reality provides an immersive and engaging...
Mikel Garcia Garcia
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Existe evidencia empírica y hermenéutica de que trabajar con la propia muerte transforma al sujeto, pero sin suficiente información científica sobre estos cambios ni en su desarrollo espiritual ni en sus actitudes hacia la paz. Las investigaciones existentes abordan aspectos parciales. Este artículo informa de una investigación con el objetivo principal de objetivar esa realidad. Diseño:...