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Psychedelic therapy from an existential psychological viewpoint : a theoretical analysis [PDF]

, 2016
Clinical research into the therapeutic applications of classical psychedelics has slowly but steadily resumed over the last couple of decades. Continuing the research that went dormant in the late 1960‟s, modern trials are looking into the use of high ...
Berg, Stian Hyman
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Integrating Psychedelics into Groupwork: A Culturally Responsive Model for the Counseling Profession

Psychoactives
Psychedelics, combined with talk therapy, indicate promise with challenging clients, such as those struggling with PTSD. Furthermore, groupwork, with the emphasis on social connections, can be an effective modality.
Isaac Burt
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Heightened Consciousness [PDF]

, 2016
Heightened consciousness has become a common expression in daily conversations, but it expresses a number of different concepts depending on the meaning of the speaker and is related to other phrases or terms that have slightly different connotations ...
Nixon, Gregory
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Psychedelic medicine: The biology underlying the persisting psychedelic effects

Medical Hypotheses, 2019
Psychedelic substances have regained interest as therapeutic agents in the treatment of stress-related disorders. The effects seem to be of persisting nature even after a single dose. Also in lower than 'regular' recreational doses, so-called micro-doses, without the typical effects on consciousness, users report beneficial effects on cognitive ...
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Being Wrong About Personal Transformation

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Transformative experiences are thought to change us in different ways. Some transform us epistemically by providing genuinely new, previously unimaginable experiences, while others bring about personal transformation by altering our values. Recent debates on transformative experiences have explored the challenges these experiences pose for ...
Adrian Kind
wiley   +1 more source

Hallucinogens: mechanisms and medical complications [PDF]

, 2013
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityHallucinogens are drugs that alter consciousness by distorting primarily auditory and visual perception but they can affect any sensory system. Hallucinogens also affect judgment, orientation, memory, or emotion.
Chan, Ryan Harry Alexander
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Health and social problems associated with recent Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) use amongst marginalised, nightlife and online users in six European countries. [PDF]

, 2017
Continued diversification and use of new psychoactive substances (NPS) across Europe remains a public health challenge. The study describes health and social consequences of recent NPS use as reported in a survey of marginalised, nightlife and online NPS
A Bourne, A Lavorgna, A Lavorgna, AJ Schmidt, Annemieke Benschop, B Moosmann, B Werse, B Werse, Bernd Werse, C Littlejohn, C Soussan, C Soussan, C Soussan, CK Tung, CL Arfken, D Abdulrahim, D Brauser, D Vearrier, D Wood, Dirk Korf, DP Kasick, E Hearne, E Hearne, E Papaseit, EMCDDA, EMCDDA, European Union, Europol-European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Europol-European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Evelyn Hearne, EW Gunderson, F Caudevilla, F Caudevilla, F Measham, F Measham, G Colfax, Gerrit Kamphausen, J Hillebrand, J Rácz, JG Amsterdam van, JK Grandy, Joana Paula Silva, K McElrath, KA Seely, Katalin Felvinczi, Katarzyna Dąbrowska, KJ Lusthof, L Móró, L Orsolini, LA King, LD Johnston, LK Brents, M Pas, M Rosino, M Sande, M Spaderna, M Tzanetakis, Marie Claire Van Hout, MC Hout Van, MC Hout Van, MC Hout Van, MC Hout Van, MC Hout Van, MC Hout Van, MC Hout Van, MC Hout Van, Michal Bujalski, MM Schmidt, NA Bassir, OR Bilgrei, P Reuter, PI Dargan, Psychonaut Web Mapping Research Group, R Csák, RL Carhart-Harris, S Every-Palmer, S Kassai, Susana Henriques, UNODC, V Auwärter, ZN Maan, Zsolt Demetrovics, Zsuzsa Kaló, Łukasz Wieczorek   +83 more
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How to Change Minds Ethically: Doxastic Vulnerability, Epistemic Harm Reduction, and the Role of Therapists in Psychedelic Therapy

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Psychedelics offer an intriguing novel method for changing minds, supposedly by destabilizing the neurobiology of the belief system. The resulting power to change minds raises ethical and epistemic concerns. This article examines the epistemic status of psychedelic experiences and suggests a skeptical attitude towards beliefs formed under ...
Jan Christoph Bublitz
wiley   +1 more source

N, N-Dimethyltryptamine and Biological Reductive Accounts for Religious and Spiritual Experiences [PDF]

, 2014
There is unquestionably a plethora of details and mysteries regarding the mind and the body. However, with the advent of psychopharmacology (the study of how psychedelics inform or alter brain states), there are more issues at hand. Do psychedelics allow
Smith, Shaun
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The Gradability of ‘Conscious’

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Are some creatures “more conscious” than others? A number of consciousness researchers have aimed to answer this question. Yet some have claimed that this question does not even make sense. They claim that “conscious” (in the phenomenal sense) never occurs as a gradable adjective, meaning an adjective that permits degree expressions (“more f ...
Andrew Y. Lee, Poppy Mankowitz
wiley   +1 more source