Study Finds Psychedelic Substances Improve Mental Health by Increasing Emotion Regulation
Findings from a new study show that the use of psychedelics may improve an individual’s mental health. The research, which was published in the “Journal of Humanistic Psychology,” discovered evidence of a pathway that facilitates the increase of spirituality after using psychedelics, which in turn causes better emotion regulation. It is this improvement in emotion regulation that researchers believe decreases disordered eating and symptoms of anxiety and depression. For centuries now, various indigenous tribes of the Amazon as well as other non-Western cultures have used psychedelic substances, including ayahuasca and psilocybin, in spiritual ceremonies. Their medicinal benefits are currently being…
