Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

Psychedelic integration: An analysis of the concept and its practice

Geoff J Bathje, Eric Majeski, Mesphina Kudowor
PubMed Central (PMC) Summary & key facts 2022 125 citations

This paper reviews how people talk about and practice “psychedelic integration.” The authors say the term has many different definitions and many kinds of practices, which has created confusion. They present the first wide-ranging review and a new, synthesized definition and model of integration, plus a long list of integration…

Chemical synthesis and alkaloids Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Psychedelics and Drug Studies

Magic truffles or Philosopher’s stones: a legal way to sell psilocybin?

Manuela Pellegrini, Maria Concetta Rotolo, Emilia Marchei, Roberta Pacifici, Francesco Saggio, Simona Pichini
Drug Testing and Analysis Summary & key facts 2012 20 citations

The authors created a fast lab method (LC-MS/MS) to measure the psychoactive chemicals psilocybin and psilocin in Psilocybe sclerotia, also called "magic truffles." The method was sensitive and reliable, and when used on the samples in this study it detected only psilocybin, at 59.3–167.8 µg per 100 mg of fresh…

Chemical synthesis and alkaloids Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Psychedelics and Drug Studies
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