If psychedelics heal, how do they do it?
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A January 3, 2024 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2321906121
Summary
Psychedelic substances may promote healing by disrupting rigid thought patterns and creating new neural connections. Recent findings show these compounds work through multiple mechanisms: increasing brain plasticity, reducing default mode network activity, and enhancing emotional processing. This dual action of resetting mental frameworks while building new neural pathways appears key to their therapeutic potential.
Abstract
If psychedelics heal, how do they do it?