"Experiences of psychedelics and psychosis were deeply entangled in scientific practices in the mid-20th century, from uses of psychedelic drugs that could model psychosis, to detailed phenomenological comparisons of endogenous and drug-induced madness. After the moral panic of the1960s shut down psychedelic research, however, these two phenomena became disentangled. [...]
Today, as psychedelic science re-emerges, the research programs surrounding psychosis and psychedelics now stand in stark contrast. [...] While psychedelic research often includes scales that seek to capture experiences of mysticism, meaningfulness, and ego dissolution, research related to psychosis focuses on the measurement of pathological symptoms and functioning. [...]
Responses to psychedelic crisis involve warmth, compassion, and support, while responses to psychotic experiences often involve restraint, seclusion, and weapons. [...] "
Phoebe Friesen: Psychosis and psychedelics: Historical entanglements and contemporary contrasts, 2022
Psychosis and psychedelics: Historical entanglements and contemporary contrasts - PMC
Experiences of psychedelics and psychosis were deeply entangled in scientific practices in the mid-20th century, from uses of psychedelic drugs tha...
