Psychedelics in psychiatry: neuroplastic, immunomodulatory, and neurotransmitter mechanisms

A Inserra, D De Gregorio, G Gobbi - Pharmacological Reviews, 2021 - ASPET
Mounting evidence suggests safety and efficacy of psychedelic compounds as potential
novel therapeutics in psychiatry. Ketamine has been approved by the Food and Drug …

[HTML][HTML] A review of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted psychotherapy

B Sessa, L Higbed, D Nutt - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This paper provides a brief review of the history, proposed pharmacological mechanisms,
safety issues, and clinical applications of the medicine 3, 4 …

Novel psychoactive substances (designer drugs): overview and pharmacology of modulators of monoamine signalling

ME Liechti - Swiss medical weekly, 2015 - edoc.unibas.ch
Novel psychoactive substances are newly used designer drugs (" internet drugs"," research
chemicals"," legal highs") potentially posing similar health risks to classic illicit substances …

Acute subjective effects in LSD-and MDMA-assisted psychotherapy

Y Schmid, P Gasser, P Oehen… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine
(MDMA) were used in psychotherapy in the 1960s–1980s, and are currently being re …

Drug-drug interactions between psychiatric medications and MDMA or psilocybin: a systematic review

A Sarparast, K Thomas, B Malcolm, CS Stauffer - Psychopharmacology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Rationale & objectives±3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and
psilocybin are currently moving through the US Food and Drug Administration's phased drug …

Safety pharmacology of acute MDMA administration in healthy subjects

P Vizeli, ME Liechti - Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ecstasy) is being investigated in MDMA-
assisted psychotherapy. The present study characterized the safety pharmacology of single …

Spontaneous spiritual awakenings: phenomenology, altered states, individual differences, and well-being

JS Corneille, D Luke - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Spontaneous Spiritual Awakenings (SSAs) are subjective experiences characterised by a
sudden sense of direct contact, union, or complete nondual merging (experience of …

The prosocial effects of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA): controlled studies in humans and laboratory animals

P Kamilar-Britt, G Bedi - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Users of±3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA;'ecstasy') report prosocial
effects such as sociability and empathy. Supporting these apparently unique social effects …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of acutely administered 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine on spontaneous brain function in healthy volunteers measured with arterial spin …

RL Carhart-Harris, K Murphy, R Leech, D Erritzoe… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The compound 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is a
potent monoamine releaser that produces an acute euphoria in most individuals. Methods In …

The Altered States Database: Psychometric data from a systematic literature review

J Prugger, E Derdiyok, J Dinkelacker, C Costines… - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
In this paper, we present the development of the Altered States Database (ASDB), an open-
science project based on a systematic literature review. The ASDB contains psychometric …