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Moving Past Mysticism in Psychedelic Science

[Image: see text] The mysticism framework is used to describe psychedelic experiences and explain the effects of psychedelic therapies. We discuss risks and difficulties stemming from the scientific use of a framework associated with supernatural or nonempirical belief systems and encourage research...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sanders, James W., Zijlmans, Josjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8205234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34151217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsptsci.1c00097
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Sumario:[Image: see text] The mysticism framework is used to describe psychedelic experiences and explain the effects of psychedelic therapies. We discuss risks and difficulties stemming from the scientific use of a framework associated with supernatural or nonempirical belief systems and encourage researchers to mitigate these risks with a demystified model of the psychedelic state.