Reduction of alcohol use and increase in psychological flexibility after a naturalistic psychedelic experience: a retrospective survey.

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Ewen Kervadec, Baptiste Fauvel, Lana Strika-Bruneau, Ammar Amirouche, Vincent Verroust, Pascale Piolino, Bruno Romeo, Amine Benyamina
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Introduction: Alcohol use can be significantly associated with negative social, professional, and health outcomes. Even more so, alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a critical public health issue and major avoidable risk factor. This study aimed to examine the effect of a naturalistic psychedelic experience on alcohol use and related measures.

Methods: A retrospective online survey was conducted on 160 individuals who reported a psychedelic experience and a concomitant drinking habit but did not necessarily have an AUD. Demographic data, characteristics of the psychedelic experience, and changes in alcohol consumption and psychological flexibility were surveyed. Results: The mean number of drinking days per week and AUDIT scores significantly decreased after the psychedelic experience (P < .001). Subjects who quit or reduced drinking had a more severe AUD (P < .01) and lower psychological flexibility (P = .003) before the psychedelic session. Alcohol use reduction was significantly associated with the intensity of the mystical experience (P = .03). Psychological flexibility increased more in participants who reduced their alcohol use (P < .001), and the change in psychological flexibility was one of the predictors of alcohol use improvement (P = .003). Conclusion: Our findings suggest that a naturalistic psychedelic experience could be associated with a reduction in alcohol use and dependency. Such positive health outcomes can be associated with the intensity of the mystical experience as well as an increase in psychological flexibility.

自然迷幻体验后减少酒精使用和增加心理灵活性:一项回顾性调查。
酒精使用可能与负面的社会、职业和健康结果显著相关。更重要的是,酒精使用障碍(AUD)是一个关键的公共卫生问题和主要的可避免的风险因素。本研究旨在检验自然迷幻体验对酒精使用和相关措施的影响。方法:对160名报告有迷幻经历和伴随饮酒习惯的个体进行回顾性在线调查,但不一定有AUD。调查了人口统计数据、迷幻体验的特征、酒精消费和心理灵活性的变化。结果:迷幻体验后,平均每周饮酒天数和审计评分显著降低(P
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Alcohol and alcoholism
Alcohol and alcoholism 医学-药物滥用
CiteScore
4.70
自引率
3.60%
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62
审稿时长
4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: About the Journal Alcohol and Alcoholism publishes papers on the biomedical, psychological, and sociological aspects of alcoholism and alcohol research, provided that they make a new and significant contribution to knowledge in the field. Papers include new results obtained experimentally, descriptions of new experimental (including clinical) methods of importance to the field of alcohol research and treatment, or new interpretations of existing results. Theoretical contributions are considered equally with papers dealing with experimental work provided that such theoretical contributions are not of a largely speculative or philosophical nature.
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