The Relationship Between Psychedelic Use and Positive Adult Development in Emerging Adulthood: An Integrative Review.

ABSTRACT: Preliminary evidence suggests that classic psychedelics may exert lasting positive effects on individuals' mood, cognition, and personality, but little is known about how these effects may differ across the lifespan. Emerging adulthood (18-29) is a critical developmental stage in which individuals transition from dependence on community institutions toward full independence. It is a time when psychedelic experimentation is common, and psychedelics could have distinctive psychological impacts during this phase, although the developmental significance of such effects remains largely untested. This integrative review offers a framework to generate hypotheses regarding possible ways that psychedelic use may positively interact with emerging adult development. Here, we review pathways by which

SUBMITTER: Payne J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12617272 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature