We need more research on the parameters of psychedelic therapy as my lab discussed in this paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsptsci.0c00187 . How are sessions best conducted (music, amount of prep, how much talking during session if any), what is the “afterglow” and if it is a time of increased flexibility how can we use it to maximize learning? Optimal number of sessions? Optimal doses? Combinations of compounds both within and across sessions? Combinations with empirically validated behavioral therapies? Which behavioral therapy combo works best for what disorder? New psychiatric disorders to be explored, whether currently recognized by the DSM or not. And we have hundreds of psychedelic compounds that all need to be explored in clinical research. Do the multiplication regarding the interaction among these domains and there are likely more directions for research than there are stars in the universe.
We need more research on the parameters of psychedelic therapy as my lab discussed in this paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsptsci.0c00187 . How are sessions best conducted (music, amount of prep, how much talking during session if any), what is the “afterglow” and if it is a time of increased flexibility how can we use it to maximize learning? Optimal number of sessions? Optimal doses? Combinations of compounds both within and across sessions? Combinations with empirically validated behavioral therapies? Which behavioral therapy combo works best for what disorder? New psychiatric disorders to be explored, whether currently recognized by the DSM or not. And we have hundreds of psychedelic compounds that all need to be explored in clinical research. Do the multiplication regarding the interaction among these domains and there are likely more directions for research than there are stars in the universe.