Psychedelic Resources

The following are resources to read more about psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy or recent research on psychedelics and mental health. This list will likely change over time as this is a quickly evolving field, both in research and in the legal climate.

Research Centers

• Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research, John Hopkins University

• Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)

Articles

• Integration: The Upside of Coming Down, Chacruna, 2020

• Integration: The Upside of Coming Down – Debriefing, Disrupting & Dark Journeys, Chacruna, 2020

• The Ultimate Guide to Psilocybin Therapy, Maya, 2022

• Psilocybin for Depression: A Q&A between Robin Carhart-Harris & a Psilocybin Study Participant, Psychedelics Today, 2021

• Where is Psychedelic-assisted Therapy Legal?, Double Blind, 2022

Published Research

• Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy to treat psychiatric and existential distress in life-threatening medical illnesses and palliative care, Neuropharmacology, Volume 216, 2022 

• Learning to Let Go: A Cognitive-Behavioral Model of How Psychedelic Therapy Promotes Acceptance, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Volume 11, 2020

• Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: A Paradigm Shift in Psychiatric Research and Development, Frontiers in Pharmacology, Volume 9, 2018

• Psilocybin therapy increases cognitive and neural flexibility in patients with major depressive disorder,Translational Psychiatry, Volume 11, 2021

• Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Plasticity – Cell Reports,  Volume 23, Issue 11, 2018

• Psilocybin microdosers demonstrate greater observed improvements in mood and mental health at one month relative to non-microdosing controls, Scientific Reports, Volume 12, 2022

• Psychedelics and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy, American Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 177, 2020

• Psilocybin produces substantial and sustained decreases in depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer: A randomized double-blind trial, Journal of Psychopharmacology, Volume 30(12), 2016

Informative Books

• The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys, James Fadiman

• Psychedelics and Psychotherapy: The Healing Potential of Expanded States, Tim Read; Maria Papaspyrou (editors)

• The Psychedelic Handbook: A Practical Guide to Psilocybin, LSD, Ketamine, MDMA, and Ayahuasca, Rick Strassman MD 

• The Microdosing Guidebook: A Step-by-Step Manual to Improve Your Physical and Mental Health through Psychedelic Medicine, C. J. Spotswood