Psychological flexibility mediates the relations between acute psychedelic effects and subjective decreases in depression and anxiety.

ABSTRACT: Prior research has shown that acute subjective psychedelic effects are associated with both spontaneous and intended changes in depression and anxiety. Psychedelics are also theorized to produce increases in psychological flexibility, which could explain decreases in depression and anxiety following a psychedelic experience. Therefore, the present cross-sectional survey study sought to examine whether psychological flexibility mediated the relationship between acute psychedelic experiences and spontaneous or intended changes in depression and anxiety among a large international sample of people who reported having used a psychedelic (n=985; male=71.6%; Caucasian/white=84.1%; M _age=32.2, SD=12.6). A regression analysis showed that acute effects (i.e., mystical and i

SUBMITTER: Davis AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7451132 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature