• DOI:10.1177/0269881118754710
Corpus ID: 3959132

Psychedelics and the essential importance of context

@article{CarhartHarris2018PsychedelicsAT,
  title={Psychedelics and the essential importance of context},
  author={R. Carhart-Harris and L. Roseman and E. Haijen and D. Erritzoe and R. Watts and I. Branchi and M. Kaelen},
  journal={Journal of Psychopharmacology},
  year={2018},
  volume={32},
  pages={725 - 731}
}

R. Carhart-Harris, L. Roseman, +4 authors M. Kaelen

Published 2018

Psychology, Medicine

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Psychedelic drugs are making waves as modern trials support their therapeutic potential and various media continue to pique public interest. In this opinion piece, we draw attention to a long-recognised component of the psychedelic treatment model, namely ‘set’ and ‘setting’ – subsumed here under the umbrella term ‘context’. We highlight: (a) the pharmacological mechanisms of classic psychedelics (5-HT2A receptor agonism and associated plasticity) that we believe render their effects… CONTINUE READING

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