Psychedelics and Evidence-based Psychotherapy: A Systematic Review with Recommendations for Advancing Psychedelic Therapy Research
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2024.02.006
Psychedelics and Evidence-based Psychotherapy: A Systematic Review with Recommendations for Advancing Psychedelic Therapy Research
Abstract
Administration of psychedelics for mental health treatment, typically referred to as "psychedelic-assisted therapy," is a broad term with a very heterogeneous implementation. Despite increasing interest in the clinical application of psychedelic compounds for psychiatric disorders, there is no consensus on how to best integrate the psychedelic experience with evidence-based psychotherapeutic treatment. This systematic review provides a timely appraisal of existing approaches to combining psychotherapy with psychedelics and provides clear recommendations to best develop, optimize, and integrate evidence-based psychotherapy with psychedelic administration for straightforward scientific inference and maximal therapeutic benefit.
Keywords: Evidence-based treatment; Psychedelic-assisted therapy; Psychedelics; Treatment development.
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Conflict of interest statement
Disclosure Dr. G A. Fonzo has received monetary compensation for consulting work with SynapseBio AI, and he owns equity in Alto Neuroscience. Neither of these activities are related to the content of this work. All of the other authors report no commercial or financial conflicts of interest.
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