Psychedelic drugs: neurobiology and potential for treatment of psychiatric disorders

FX Vollenweider, KH Preller - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Renewed interest in the use of psychedelics in the treatment of psychiatric disorders
warrants a better understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Psychedelics and neuroplasticity: a systematic review unraveling the biological underpinnings of psychedelics

CMH De Vos, NL Mason, KPC Kuypers - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Clinical studies suggest the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, including ayahuasca,
DMT, psilocybin, and LSD, in stress-related disorders. These substances induce cognitive …

Psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

CM Reiff, EE Richman, CB Nemeroff… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The authors provide an evidenced-based summary of the literature on the clinical
application of psychedelic drugs in psychiatric disorders. Methods: Searches of PubMed and …

Blinding and expectancy confounds in psychedelic randomized controlled trials

SD Muthukumaraswamy, A Forsyth… - Expert review of clinical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: There is increasing interest in the potential for psychedelic drugs such as
psilocybin, LSD and ketamine to treat several mental health disorders, with a growing …

Therapeutic effects of classic serotonergic psychedelics: A systematic review of modern‐era clinical studies

KAA Andersen, R Carhart‐Harris… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To conduct a systematic review of modern‐era (post‐millennium) clinical studies
assessing the therapeutic effects of serotonergic psychedelics drugs for mental health …

Psychedelics promote structural and functional neural plasticity

C Ly, AC Greb, LP Cameron, JM Wong, EV Barragan… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Atrophy of neurons in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a key role in the pathophysiology of
depression and related disorders. The ability to promote both structural and functional …

Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: six-month follow-up

RL Carhart-Harris, M Bolstridge, CMJ Day, J Rucker… - …, 2018 - Springer
Rationale Recent clinical trials are reporting marked improvements in mental health
outcomes with psychedelic drug-assisted psychotherapy. Objectives Here, we report on …

Classic psychedelics: An integrative review of epidemiology, therapeutics, mystical experience, and brain network function

MW Johnson, PS Hendricks, FS Barrett… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrative review and offer novel insights
regarding human research with classic psychedelics (classic hallucinogens), which are …

Rapid and sustained symptom reduction following psilocybin treatment for anxiety and depression in patients with life-threatening cancer: a randomized controlled trial

S Ross, A Bossis, J Guss… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Clinically significant anxiety and depression are common in patients with
cancer, and are associated with poor psychiatric and medical outcomes. Historical and …

Serotonin and brain function: a tale of two receptors

RL Carhart-Harris, DJ Nutt - Journal of psychopharmacology, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous attempts to identify a unified theory of brain serotonin function have largely failed to
achieve consensus. In this present synthesis, we integrate previous perspectives with new …