Religious and spiritual interventions in mental health care: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials

JPB Gonçalves, G Lucchetti, PR Menezes… - Psychological …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Background. Despite the extensive literature assessing associations between
religiosity/spirituality and health, few studies have investigated the clinical applicability of …

Is Alcoholics Anonymous religious, spiritual, neither? Findings from 25 years of mechanisms of behavior change research

JF Kelly - Addiction, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a world‐wide recovery mutual‐help
organization that continues to arouse controversy. In large part, concerns persist because of …

Cessation and reduction in alcohol consumption and misuse after psychedelic use

A Garcia-Romeu, AK Davis, F Erowid… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Meta-analysis of randomized studies using lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) for
alcohol use disorder (AUD) showed large, significant effects for LSD efficacy compared to …

Mystical experiences occasioned by the hallucinogen psilocybin lead to increases in the personality domain of openness

KA MacLean, MW Johnson… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
A large body of evidence, including longitudinal analyses of personality change, suggests
that core personality traits are predominantly stable after age 30. To our knowledge, no …

Reasons for testing mediation in the absence of an intervention effect: A research imperative in prevention and intervention research

HP O'Rourke, DP MacKinnon - Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 2018 - jsad.com
Objective: Mediation models are used in prevention and intervention research to assess the
mechanisms by which interventions influence outcomes. However, researchers may not …

[图书][B] Invitation to the psychology of religion

RF Paloutzian - 2016 - books.google.com
The leading undergraduate psychology of religion text, this engaging book synthesizes
cutting-edge theories and findings into an accessible account enlivened by personal …

Determining the relative importance of the mechanisms of behavior change within Alcoholics Anonymous: A multiple mediator analysis

JF Kelly, B Hoeppner, RL Stout, M Pagano - Addiction, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Aims Evidence indicates that Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) participation reduces
relapse risk but less is known about the mechanisms through which AA confers this benefit …

Review of the application of positive psychology to substance use, addiction, and recovery research.

AR Krentzman - Psychology of addictive behaviors, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Advances in positive psychology have grown exponentially over the past decade. The
addictions field has experienced its own growth in a positive direction, embodied by the …

Peak experiences and the afterglow phenomenon: when and how do therapeutic effects of hallucinogens depend on psychedelic experiences?

T Majić, TT Schmidt, J Gallinat - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Interest in the therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances has recently resumed. During
an early phase of human psychedelic research, their therapeutic application in different …

Therapeutic effect of increased openness: Investigating mechanism of action in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy

MT Wagner, MC Mithoefer… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
A growing body of research suggests that traumatic events lead to persisting personality
change characterized by increased neuroticism. Relevantly, enduring improvements in Post …