Psychological Support Approaches in Psychedelic Therapy

To assess the viewpoints of psychedelic practitioners in research settings on approaches to psychological support for psychedelic treatments. An anonymous survey was distributed via email to contacts listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for clinical trials of psilocybin and LSD, personal contacts of authors, and through snowball sampling. The survey included Likert type, multiple choice, free response, and demographic items. Responses to survey items were coded to represent either emotive (emphasizing human and spiritual elements) or neuromodulatory (emphasizing biological drug effects) approaches to psychedelic treatment. Summative scores ("E-Scores") were determined to quantitatively represent preferences. Data were collected from March 2023 to July 2023.