Longitudinal associations of naturalistic psychedelic use with psychotic and manic symptoms
The findings suggest that naturalistic psychedelic use specifically in illegal contexts may lead to increases in the severity of psychotic and manic symptoms. Such increases may depend on the frequency of use, the acute subjective psychedelic experience, and psychiatric history.
Authors
- Peter S. Hendricks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8642-9584)
- Simon Benjamin Goldberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6888-0126)
- Walter Osika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1583-7319)
- Sankalp Chaturvedi
- Caroline M. Swords (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6373-4997)
- Jayanth Narayanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2720-1593)
- Otto Simonsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4197-7566)
- Cecilia U. D. Stenfors (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8411-0666)
Institutions
- Northeastern University (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Stockholm University (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychological Medicine
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291725000716
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Psychedelics and Drug Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 25.38
Funders
- Imperial College London
- Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Ekhagastiftelsen
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health