Behavioral Psychedelics: Integrating Mind and Behavior to Improve Health and Resilience
Frontiers in Psychiatry March 14, 2022 Edmund C. Neuhaus, George M. Slavich 14 citations
Psychedelics are being explored for treating mental health conditions like anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction, but there is no standard approach for combining them with psychotherapy or measuring their effectiveness. The authors propose the concept of behavioral psychedelics, defined as the study of using psychedelics to intentionally change habits and behaviors to improve health and resilience. They argue that psychedelics might reduce chronic disease risk linked to mental and behavioral rigidity, but the field needs to develop best practices and guidelines for inducing lasting behavioral changes.