Grief and Psychedelics

Psilocybin and ayahuasca show promising early evidence for helping people process grief, reduce emotional distress, and increase acceptance. All of these approaches should be used in safe, intentional, and professionally guided settings, and more research is underway.

🔎Shame, Guilt and Psychedelic Experience: Results from a Prospective, Longitudinal Survey of Real-World Psilocybin Use

🔎Narrative review of the potential for psychedelics to treat Prolonged Grief Disorder

🔎 Therapeutic potential of ayahuasca in grief: a prospective, observational study

🔎 Unlimited Sciences: Restorative Retelling for Processing Psychedelic Experiences: Rationale and Case Study of Complicated Grief

🔎 Unlimited Sciences: Psychedelic Experiences After Bereavement Improve Symptoms of Grief: The Influence of Emotional Breakthroughs and Challenging Experiences