Therapeutic benefit versus epistemic risk: Need for empirical research in psychedelic epistemology

IF 3.7 2区 医学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY
Lucas F. Borkel , Jaime Rojas-Hernández , Domingo J. Quintana-Hernández , Luis Alberto Henríquez-Hernández
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Abstract

This paper highlights the ethical and epistemic challenges posed by psychedelic therapy and vindicates the importance of epistemology in the clinical and psychotherapeutic setting. Despite their relative physiological and psychological safety, these substances can induce changes in the beliefs of those who use them, such as paranormal beliefs. To explain the changes in beliefs, we introduced the concept of epistemic criteria (i.e., the principles individuals use to validate and justify their beliefs) and hypothesized that psychedelics may alter beliefs by modifying epistemic criteria. Further research should be conducted to determine this potential and under-researched risk of psychedelic therapy.
治疗益处与认知风险:致幻剂认识论实证研究的需要
本文强调了由迷幻药治疗带来的伦理和认知挑战,并证明了认识论在临床和心理治疗环境中的重要性。尽管这些物质在生理和心理上相对安全,但它们会导致使用者的信仰发生变化,比如超自然信仰。为了解释信念的变化,我们引入了认知标准的概念(即个人用来验证和证明其信念的原则),并假设迷幻药可能通过改变认知标准来改变信念。应该进行进一步的研究,以确定这种潜在的和研究不足的致幻剂治疗的风险。
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Journal of psychiatric research
Journal of psychiatric research 医学-精神病学
CiteScore
7.30
自引率
2.10%
发文量
622
审稿时长
130 days
期刊介绍: Founded in 1961 to report on the latest work in psychiatry and cognate disciplines, the Journal of Psychiatric Research is dedicated to innovative and timely studies of four important areas of research: (1) clinical studies of all disciplines relating to psychiatric illness, as well as normal human behaviour, including biochemical, physiological, genetic, environmental, social, psychological and epidemiological factors; (2) basic studies pertaining to psychiatry in such fields as neuropsychopharmacology, neuroendocrinology, electrophysiology, genetics, experimental psychology and epidemiology; (3) the growing application of clinical laboratory techniques in psychiatry, including imagery and spectroscopy of the brain, molecular biology and computer sciences;
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