Analysing interviews with 26 retreat participants, the study finds that psychedelic experiences can constitute transformative experiences: 20 participants reported insights seemingly inaccessible without psychedelics and 25 of 26 reported changes in identity, values, desires or behaviour (behavioural change was most common). The authors argue this raises neuroethical concerns about consent and moral psychopharmacology and call for person-centred research and ethical inquiry.
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- Journal
- Neuroethics
- Authors
- Beit, C., Blevins, K., Evans, N. G., McGuire, A. L., Neitzke-Spruill, L., Reynolds, J., Robinson, J.