Lviv University Herald Series Psychological sciences
October 12, 2026
Ruslan Hanushchak, Игорь Прись
У статті здійснено ретроспективний огляд розвитку психоделічної терапії та проаналізовано сучасний стан досліджень її ефективності у лікуванні психічних розладів. Простежено еволюцію використання психоделічних речовин – від традиційних духовних і лікувальних практик корінних народів через ранні клінічні дослідження середини ХХ століття до сучасного етапу, так званого «психоделічного ренесансу»....
JORMA International Journal of Health and Social Sciences
October 12, 2026
Michael Sersch
Current interest in the effectiveness of psychedelic-assisted recovery from trauma and other mental health conditions has been increasing. The Native American Church’s (NAC) use of the psychoactive plant peyote for over 100 years within sacred ritual has been a unique approach to religious expression and individual as well as collective healing, especially when addressing cultural trauma as...
Frontiers in Public Health
October 9, 2026
Cecile Giovannetti, Anja Loizaga-Velder, Brian Rush et al.
Background Indigenous peoples experience substantial mental health and substance use disparities while remaining underserved by conventional healthcare systems. Despite growing evidence for psychedelic-assisted therapies, Indigenous knowledge systems and Indigenous-led models of psychedelic care remain underrepresented. This paper describes the establishment and implementation of the Yaqui...
Surgical Neurology International
October 9, 2026
Andrea Garcia-Bitar, Eduardo Jesus Castañeda, José Rafael Buenrostro-Rangel et al.
Background: Neurosurgical patients carry a high and frequently undertreated burden of psychological suffering, acute and chronic pain, and neurological deficits amenable to recovery. The resurgence of psychedelic research has produced relevant evidence in adjacent fields, but its applicability to neurosurgery has not been systematized. This review synthesizes that evidence across prevention,...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
October 8, 2026
Anthony L. Back, Cynthia J. Price, Bonnie A. Mcgregor et al.
Cancer patients arrive for psilocybin therapy with bodies altered by illness and treatment — bodies that they have learned to brace against, dissociate from, or scan for threat. Research on psilocybin-assisted therapy for cancer-related depression and anxiety consistently identifies the quality of the acute subjective experience — reflected in constructs such as acceptance, surrender,...
Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition
October 6, 2026
Rebecka Malm
Ego dissolution (ED; a temporary disruption of self-boundaries and personal identity) is a central feature of many altered states of consciousness. With the resurgence of psychedelic research, these experiences have become of growing clinical relevance, as they can evoke both profound therapeutic transformation and significant psychological destabilization. This conceptual paper reviews the...
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
October 5, 2026
JoEllen Schimmels, Madison Nobbs
As interest in psychedelic-assisted therapies grows ahead of regulatory standardization, mental health nursing stands at a critical clinical and professional inflection point. This state-of-the-science review examines psychedelic-assisted therapies through a mental health nursing lens and advocates for the formal recognition of psychedelic nursing as a specialty with defined competencies,...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
October 5, 2026
Andreas Paris, Foteini Thoma, Aikaterini Velentza et al.
Recent advances in psychedelic research have renewed interest in the potential therapeutic role of psychedelic-assisted interventions in psychiatry. Early clinical trials suggest that compounds such as psilocybin and MDMA, administered within structured therapeutic frameworks, may produce rapid symptom improvements for conditions including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and...
Hypnose-ZHH
October 4, 2026
Hans-Jochen Müller
Psychotherapie mit bewusstseinserweiternden Substanzen -: Zwischen klini schem Durchbruch und ethischer Verantwortung Die zunehmenden Berichte potenzieller Heilwirkungen von Psychedelika in Forschung und Medien wecken gleichermaßen Hoffnungen und Befürchtungen. Während Patient:innen Optimismus verspüren oder gar wundersame Heilungen ohne eigenes Zutun erwarten, verharren Kliniker mehrheitlich...
Molecular Psychiatry
October 3, 2026
Xiubo Du, Feiyuan Peng, Xiaohui Wang
Disorders of consciousness (DoC), including coma, unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (also known as vegetative state), and minimally conscious state, represent profound disruptions in awareness and responsiveness due to severe brain injury, with limited therapeutic options available. Recent advancements in neuroimaging have improved our ability to detect residual brain activity in DoC patients,...