Psychopharmacology
September 1, 2020
Valerie van Mulukom, Ruairi E Patterson, Michiel van Elk
61 citations
Recent research has shown that classical serotonergic psychedelic (CSP) drugs may be used to ameliorate certain health issues and disorders. Here we hypothesised that CSP experiences, through their ability to induce awe and ego-dissolution, may result in a reduction of maladaptive narcissistic personality traits, such as a strong sense of entitlement and lack of empathy. Our objective was to...
Mortality
August 30, 2020
Mackenzie Blomstrom, Andrew Burns, D. Larriviere et al.
ABSTRACT The fear of death and dying is a multifaceted and prevalent source of human distress that can cause significant psychological and existential distress, especially at the end of life. Analysing current therapeutic approaches to this issue to identify promising modalities and knowledge gaps could improve end of life experiences and reduce human suffering. In this systematically...
August 25, 2020
Anne Anders
Idealizing and medicalizing of methods ascribed to Buddhism has led to individualizing their structural and societal challenges. Although the long-undervalued need for introspection may get addressed, people are now caught under the cloak of spirituality hoping for quick enlightenment or a panacea solving mental diseases. Thus, at this point, the impact of decontextualizing concepts,...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
August 25, 2020
Johannes G. Ramaekers, Nadia R. P. W. Hutten, Natasha L. Mason et al.
95 citations
Background: Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is an ergot alkaloid derivative with psychedelic properties that has been implicated in the management of persistent pain. Clinical studies in the 1960s and 1970s have demonstrated profound analgesic effects of full doses of LSD in terminally ill patients, but this line of research evaporated after LSD was scheduled worldwide. Aim: The present...
August 24, 2020
S. Lézé
ABSTRACT The exchange between the philosopher Pierre Maine de Biran and the psychiatrist Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard has been read either as an exemplary case of the influence of philosophy on medicine or as a “dialogue of the deaf” (Braunstein, Broussais et le matérialisme, 47). However, these two readings imply a clear distribution of roles between the philosopher and the doctor. This...
August 24, 2020
Maridian Skyy
This piece uses meditation, mantra and sound to embody cycles of yearning for Home and recognition of the Way of my ancestors. As a being of African diaspora existing in a white society, there is a constant feeling of displacement; like we are sojourners. This poem speaks of the desire to be immersed in the beauty that is still present in the natural world by tending to my roots. Throughout the...
The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy
August 21, 2020
J. Dodd
A considerable body of data supports the belief that psychological factors influence blood pressure and may contribute to sustained hypertension. Nevertheless, identification of psychological triggers as well as interventions to reverse them, although of clinical interest, has been impeded by the paucity of rigorous research. Sanford Nidich and colleagues at American University in Washington,...
August 21, 2020
Rita D. Sherma
This volume marks the first wide-ranging and multi-vocal academic survey of the major types and categories of Hindu contemplative praxis from a breadth of scholarly viewpoints that reflect both (a) the variegation in types of contemplative practices within the Hindu traditions and (b) the use of Hindu internal hermeneutical perspectives for expanding the concept of contemplation beyond the...
August 21, 2020
Andrew O. Fort
In this chapter, I offer a brief history of the contemplative studies initiative at Texas Christian University, then discuss some of the theoretical underpinning for our program, indicating the value of contemplative pedagogy in academia and religious studies in particular. I argue that such pedagogy addresses central concerns of liberal arts education, that is, enhancing insight into and...
PsyArXiv
August 19, 2020
Debbie Margaretha Louisa De Boer, Patrick Johnston, Graham Kerr et al.
preprint
Recent theories suggest that self-consciousness, in its most elementary form, is separate from the own body. Patients with psychosis frequently misattribute their thoughts and actions to external sources; and in certain out-of-body experiences, lucid states, and dreams body-ownership is absent but self-identification is preserved. We hypothesized that self-identification depends on inferring...