Clinical Psychologists Cautiously Evaluating Psychedelic-Backed Mental Health Treatment
A new survey has found that mental health professionals believe that psychedelic substances possess psychological benefits. This was despite concerns about the potential neurocognitive and psychiatric risks linked to using psychedelic treatment. Gabrielle Agin-Liebes, the author of the study, stated that while there was a lot of interest in the potential use of psychedelics in clinical care, there also existed a lot of negative attitudes toward psychedelic therapy. She explained that understanding the extent to which psychedelic treatments would be accepted in the healthcare system would help advance the clinical use of these drugs once they received approval for medical…