This qualitative study (n=28 interviews) of participants in a psilocybin-assisted therapy trial for cancer-related depression found that therapeutic benefits were closely tied to participants' ability to surrender (accepting and remaining open to the experience's intensity and unpredictability), with a safe, supportive, and ethical environment critical to fostering trust and engagement, and preparation and integration key to maximizing benefit, whilst music played a significant but variable role and ceremonial elements added meaning for many despite the clinical setting providing safety.
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- Journal
- General Hospital Psychiatry
- Authors
- Beaussant, Y., Tarbi, E., Nigam, K. B., Miner, S., Sager, Z., Sanders, J. J., Ljuslin, M., Guérin, B., Sholevar, R., Roddy, K., Tulsky, J., Agrawal, M.