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Psychedelic therapy
Use of psychedelic drugs as treatment
Psychedelic therapy
Psychedelic therapy (or psychedelic-assisted therapy) refers to the proposed use of psychedelic drugs in mental health treatment practices. The drugs proposed to treat mental disorders and improve well-being include mescaline (peyote), LSD, psilocybin and psilocin (mushrooms), ayahuasca, DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, ibogaine and MDMA. As of 2021, psychedelic drugs are controlled substances in most countries and psychedelic therapy is not legally available outside clinical trials, with some exceptions. The procedure for psychedelic therapy differs from that of therapies using conventional psychiatric medications. While conventional medications are usually taken without supervision at least once daily, in contemporary psychedelic therapy the drug is administered in a single session (or sometimes up to three sessions) in a therapeutic context. The therapeutic team prepares the patient for the experience beforehand and helps them integrate insights from the drug experience afterwards. After ingesting the...
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