Psychedelics not linked to mental health problems or suicidal behavior: A population study
@article{Johansen2015PsychedelicsNL, title={Psychedelics not linked to mental health problems or suicidal behavior: A population study}, author={P. Johansen and T. S. Krebs}, journal={Journal of Psychopharmacology}, year={2015}, volume={29}, pages={270 - 279} }
A recent large population study of 130,000 adults in the United States failed to find evidence for a link between psychedelic use (lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin or mescaline) and mental health problems. Using a new data set consisting of 135,095 randomly selected United States adults, including 19,299 psychedelic users, we examine the associations between psychedelic use and mental health. After adjusting for sociodemographics, other drug use and childhood depression, we found no… Expand
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