Psychedelics in the medical toolbox?
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine April 1, 2025 DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.92b.04025 via Semantic Scholar
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractPsychedelics, once linked to 1960s and 1970s countercultures as recreational drugs, are now being introduced into medical practice, a development that surprises many due to their historical stigma.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Medicine Psychology |
| Key finding | Psychedelics are being introduced into medical practice despite their historical association with recreational use in the 1960s and 1970s. |
Abstract
Given the historical association of psychedelics as “recreational” mind-altering compounds within countercultures of the 1960s and 1970s, their current introduction into several aspects of medical practice is a surprise to many.