Study finds insightful psychedelic experience may improve mental health

EurekaAlert! has this notice about this study on the effects the psychedelic experience has on anxiety and depression.  From the abstract:

The present analysis suggests that psychedelic experiences, in particular those that are associated with enduring improvements in mental health, may be characterized by reproducible and predictable subtypes of the subjective psychedelic effects. These subtypes appear to be significantly different with respect to the baseline demographic characteristics, baseline measures of mental health, and drug type and dose. These findings also suggest that efforts to increase psychedelic associated personal and mystical insight experiences may be key to maximizing beneficial impact of clinical approaches using this treatment in their patients.

 Cheers, 

Colin