Prolonged adverse effects from repeated psilocybin use in an underground psychedelic therapy training program: a case report
BMC Psychiatry – February 28, 2025
Source: OpenAlex
Summary
Profound tensions emerge in **Psychology** and **Psychiatry** concerning **Psilocybin** and other **Hallucinogen** use. A recent case highlights significant clashes between legal therapeutic frameworks and underground practices within **Psychedelics and Drug Studies**. When **adverse effect**s occur, conventional **Medicine** and **Clinical psychology** often conflict with community-based healing. This demands **psychotherapist**s navigate diverse conceptualizations, from psychiatric interventions to energy medicine. Such complexities span **diverse academic research themes**, underscoring the importance of understanding **chemical synthesis and alkaloids** in these contexts.
Abstract
This case highlights the tensions between legal and underground psychedelic use within psychedelic therapy training programs, psychiatry and neo-shamanism, and the use of psychiatric interventions (i.e., ECT) and energy medicine to address prolonged adverse effects from psychedelics. Clinicians should be aware of these potential conflicts between psychiatric conceptualizations of PAEs and frameworks maintained in psychedelic community practices and their impacts on patients' presenting symptoms, decision making, and emotional challenges.