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ArticleJournal of eating disorders2025

Questioning the recovery of dissociated traumatic memories under psilocybin: comment on "Therapeutic emergence of dissociated traumatic memories during psilocybin treatment for anorexia nervosa".

Samuli Kangaslampi, Max Wolff, Manoj K Doss, Lilian Kloft-Heller, Henry Otgaar

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Article in Journal of eating disorders, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Samuli KangaslampiFaculty of Social Sciences/Psychology, Tampere University, Tampere, 33014, Finland. samuli.kangaslampi@tuni.fi.
Max WolffDepartment of Molecular Neuroimaging, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Manoj K DossDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Charmaine & Gordon McGill Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy, The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, USA.
Lilian Kloft-HellerFaculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Henry OtgaarFaculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Funding

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G0D3621N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In their recent case report article, Peck and colleagues suggested that two patients recovered dissociated traumatic memories during psilocybin treatment for anorexia nervosa. These case reports are of clinical and scientific interest and confirm that psychedelics may induce vivid memory-like experiences. However, the reports warrant scrutiny. Here, based on what is known about recovered memories and the effects of psychedelics, we argue that the authors may not have adequately considered alternative explanations. The cases do not necessarily demonstrate that psilocybin induces recovery of dissociated traumatic memories or could treat dissociative amnesia. We further caution against the authors' suggestion of explicitly preparing patients for the emergence of forgotten material.

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AmnesiaDissociationPsilocybinPsychedelicsRecovered memoryTrauma

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PMID41345723
PMCPMC12676816

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