by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 11, 2022 | Psychedelic Research
Most participants reported vivid memories of the encounter experience, which frequently involved communication with something having the attributes of being conscious, benevolent, intelligent, sacred, eternal, and all-knowing. The encounter experience fulfilled a...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 11, 2022 | Psychedelic Research
Ayahuasca users (n = 527) reported greater well-being than both classic psychedelic users (n = 18,138) and non-psychedelic drug-using respondents (n = 78,236). Ayahuasca users reported less problematic drinking than classic psychedelic users, although both groups...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 11, 2022 | Psychedelic Research
MBSR training led to greater increases in overall mindfulness scores after the 8-week period. MBSR but not ayahuasca led to increases in the MINDSENS Composite Index. However, the ayahuasca sessions induced comparable increases in the Non-Judging subscale of the FFMQ,...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 11, 2022 | Psychedelic Research
Results Ayahuasca ceremony attendants (N = 57) in the Netherlands and Colombia were assessed before, the day after, and 4 weeks following the ritual. Relative to baseline, ratings of depression and stress significantly decreased after the ayahuasca ceremony and these...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Aug 11, 2022 | Psychedelic Research
To sum up, the poor practices relative to modern standards in combination with the context of a compensatory incentive in the retrospective data material raise serious questions about the representativeness of the data examined in the two papers by Larsen. These...
