What do health professionals think about implementing psilocybin-assisted therapy in palliative care for existential distress? A World Café qualitative study
Palliative care professionals consider psilocybin-assisted therapy a treatment of interest, but it generates several concerns. According to our results, the acceptability of the therapy and the expansion of its access seem interrelated. The development of guidelines will be essential to encourage wider therapy deployment.
Authors
- François Provost
- Jean-François Stephan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7376-208X)
- Houman Farzin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4095-3596)
- Sue-Ling Chang
- Johanne Hébert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4023-9246)
- Jean‐Sébastien Fallu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2300-1335)
- Michel Dorval (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3207-8211)
- P. Deschamps (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8862-9046)
- Louis Plourde
- Marianne Masse-Grenier
- Ariane Bélanger
Institutions
- Université du Québec à Rimouski (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Jewish General Hospital (CA)
- Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec (CA)
- Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Chaudière-Appalaches (CA)
- Quebec Network for Research on Aging (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Palliative & Supportive Care
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1478951524001494
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Psychedelics and Drug Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.92