Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Ketamine, Psychedelics, and Psychotherapy: Reframing, Redefining, Renaming Treatment Models

Jennifer Swainson, Elisa Brietzke, Atul Khullar, Roger S McIntyre, Claudio N Soares
PubMed Central (PMC) Summary & key facts 2025 0 citations

This article says interest in ketamine and other psychedelics for conditions like PTSD, depression, and anxiety has grown fast, but the field is confused. Studies and clinics use different kinds of therapy and do not clearly say whether benefit comes from the drug, the psychedelic “experience,” or the psychotherapy. The…

Diverse academic research themes Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Psychedelics and Drug Studies
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