Christopher Quasti

Psychedelic researchers and therapists must contend with the fact that psychedelics are highly scrutinized to a degree that does appear to be problematically exceptional. That said, we believe there are a few areas where such exceptionalism is warranted, and a refined bioethical paradigm might help advance psychedelic practice and research.

Psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) is currently undergoing a resurgence of clinical interest for several mental health ailments. We propose that philosophers can play a significant role in PAT in both the preparation and integration phases of PAT. Philosophers can aid in the former phase by offering philosophical preparatory insights and in the latter phase by providing the conceptual language to articulate the complex philosophical aspects of a psychedelic experience.