Psychedelic therapy (PT) may be beneficial for treating eating disorders and trauma-related conditions such as PTSD and dissociative amnesia. The abstract reviews how psilocybin could help patients remember and process traumatic memories, suggesting a mechanism for its therapeutic effects.
Spontaneously recovered, previously forgotten traumatic memories of sexual assaults emerged in two research participants during psilocybin treatment. The authors defend their classification of these experiences as dissociated traumatic memories against criticisms that they lacked corroborating evidence and failed to consider alternative explanations. They further discuss potential therapeutic effects linked to how such experiences are labeled.