Thanks so much for doing this! I’m a massive fan of all of yours.
Michael, you’ve written that, as well as being used to treat mental health issues, psychedelics could be used for the ‘betterment of well people’.
For anyone: currently, how much good evidence is there that psychedelic use can change healthy people in ways that are generally positive (by making them more open, empathetic, rational, etc.)? I’m never sure what to make of claims in this area.
There is a great deal of evidences for positive psychology—improvements in people without disorders. I would say the evidence so far is strong in terms of showing benefit WHEN conducted with the appropriate safety guidelines in place. The openness finding, for example, has been shown by multiple labs. Some of that research on health people is reviewed here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30521880/ . We need continued research on this
Thanks so much for doing this! I’m a massive fan of all of yours.
Michael, you’ve written that, as well as being used to treat mental health issues, psychedelics could be used for the ‘betterment of well people’.
For anyone: currently, how much good evidence is there that psychedelic use can change healthy people in ways that are generally positive (by making them more open, empathetic, rational, etc.)? I’m never sure what to make of claims in this area.
There is a great deal of evidences for positive psychology—improvements in people without disorders. I would say the evidence so far is strong in terms of showing benefit WHEN conducted with the appropriate safety guidelines in place. The openness finding, for example, has been shown by multiple labs. Some of that research on health people is reviewed here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30521880/ . We need continued research on this