ReviewCommunications psychology2024
An Integrated theory of false insights and beliefs under psychedelics.
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- Major life changes following psychedelic use: A retrospective survey among people using psychedelics naturalistically.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- A Blueprint for Implementing Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy in Palliative Care: Design, Process, and Treatment Patterns of a Real-World Clinical Program.Journal of palliative medicine · 2026Article
- Difficulties following naturalistic psychedelic use and associations with adverse childhood experiences.The International journal on drug policy · 2026Article
- Prevalence, types, and demographic characteristics associated with major life changes following psychedelic use.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Synergies in psychedelic-assisted therapy: a qualitative interview study of psychotherapeutic processes.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Ethical Aspects of Psychedelic-Assisted Treatments: An Overview.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2026Review
- Aquahenosis: a non-pharmacological altered state of consciousness induced by floatation-REST in individuals with anxiety and depression.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2026Article
- Questioning the recovery of dissociated traumatic memories under psilocybin: comment on "Therapeutic emergence of dissociated traumatic memories during psilocybin treatment for anorexia nervosa".Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Recalled childhood trauma and post-psychedelic trajectories of change in a mixed-methods study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Psychedelic Use and Positive Adult Development in Emerging Adulthood: An Integrative Review.Brain and behavior · 2025Review
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- Deconstructing Psychedelic Phenomenology: A Thematic Analysis of Discrete Phases of the Psychedelic Experience.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Therapeutic emergence of dissociated traumatic memories during psilocybin treatment for anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Further education in psychedelic-assisted therapy - experiences from Switzerland.BMC medical education · 2025Review
- Leveraging psychedelic neuroscience to boost human creativity using artificial intelligence.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2025Article
- Eigenmodes of the deep unconscious: the neuropsychology of Jungian archetypes and psychedelic experience.Neuroscience of consciousness · 2025Review
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Abstract
Psychedelics are recognised for their potential to re-orient beliefs. We propose a model of how psychedelics can, in some cases, lead to false insights and thus false beliefs. We first review experimental work on laboratory-based false insights and false memories. We then connect this to insights and belief formation under psychedelics using the active inference framework. We propose that subjective and brain-based alterations caused by psychedelics increases the quantity and subjective intensity of insights and thence beliefs, including false ones. We offer directions for future research in minimising the risk of false and potentially harmful beliefs arising from psychedelics. Ultimately, knowing how psychedelics may facilitate false insights and beliefs is crucial if we are to optimally leverage their therapeutic potential.
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