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Increases in Psychological Flexibility Mediate Relationship Between Acute Psychedelic Effects and Decreases in Racial Trauma Symptoms Among People of Color.
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- Psychological effects of psychedelics in adolescents.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
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- Investigating the associations of acute psychedelic experiences and changes in racial trauma symptoms, psychological flexibility, and substance use among People with Racial and Ethnic Minoritized Identities in the United States and Canada.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Article
- Naturalistic psilocybin use is associated with persisting improvements in mental health and wellbeing: results from a prospective, longitudinal survey.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Race and ethnicity moderate the associations between lifetime psilocybin use and crime arrests.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Race and ethnicity moderate the associations between lifetime psychedelic use (MDMA and psilocybin) and psychological distress and suicidality.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Psilocybin use patterns and perception of risk among a cohort of Black individuals with Opioid Use Disorder.Journal of psychedelic studies · 2022Article
- Antidepressant effects of a psychedelic experience in a large prospective naturalistic sample.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- MDMA-assisted psychotherapy; Inclusion of transgender and gender diverse people in the frontiers of PTSD treatment trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Psilocybin for the Treatment of Depression: A Promising New Pharmacotherapy Approach.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious research showed acute psychedelic effects were associated with decreases in racial trauma (RT) symptoms among black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). Among samples comprised primarily of white participants, positive outcomes of psychedelic experiences have been mediated by increases in psychological flexibility. Therefore, we examined whether changes in psychological flexibility from before to after a psychedelic experience mediated the relationship between acute psychedelic effects and changes in RT symptoms among BIPOC.
methodsThis cross-sectional online survey study included 313 BIPOC (mean age = 33.1; SD = 11.2; female = 57%). A multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the association between acute psychedelic effects and decreases in RT symptoms in a nonclinical setting; a path analysis was used to explore whether changes in psychological flexibility mediated this relationship.
resultsAcute insight and challenging effects were significantly (
conclusionThis research suggests psychedelics confer potential benefits in decreasing RT symptoms among BIPOC and psychological flexibility may be an important mediator of these effects. Future research should test this hypothesis in a longitudinal clinical trial among BIPOC.
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