Prevalence and associations of challenging, difficult or distressing experiences using classic psychedelics.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies have investigated challenging, difficult, or distressing classic psychedelic experiences, but little is known about the prevalence and associations of such experiences. Using nationally representative data of the US adult population (N = 2822), this study examined the prevalence and associations of challenging, difficult, or distressing experiences using classic psychedelics, in a subsample of respondents who reported lifetime classic psychedelic use (n = 613). Of the 613 respondents who reported lifetime classic psychedelic use, the majority of them (59.1 %) had never had a challenging, difficult, or distressing experience using a classic psychedelic, but 8.9 % of respondents reported functional impairment that lasted longer than one day as a result of such experiences. N

SUBMITTER: Simonsson O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9974873 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature