{"title":"The Pain Gap: Epistemic Justice in Psychedelic Ethics.","authors":"Joanna Kempner, Emmanuelle A D Schindler","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2024.2433447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2433447","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"25 1","pages":"3-5"},"PeriodicalIF":17.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tahlia R Harrison, Sonya C Faber, Manzar Zare, Matthieu Fontaine, Monnica T Williams
{"title":"Wolves Among Sheep: Sexual Violations in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy.","authors":"Tahlia R Harrison, Sonya C Faber, Manzar Zare, Matthieu Fontaine, Monnica T Williams","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2024.2433423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2433423","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The integration of psychedelic substances into modern Western therapeutic practice has sparked a critical examination of many topics including: efficacy of psychedelics to treat mental health diagnoses without psychotherapeutic intervention, what models of therapy to use, and ethical implications related to altered states of consciousness. Of utmost concern are issues of power dynamics leading to incidents of sexual abuse. These issues underscore the importance of understanding therapeutic dynamics within the context of psychedelic-assisted therapy. This paper aims to explore these intersections, addressing sexual abuse issues in Western psychedelic-assisted therapy while elucidating pathways towards ethical practice and regulatory frameworks.</p>","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"25 1","pages":"40-55"},"PeriodicalIF":17.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ketamine and the Consequences of Positive Psychedelic Exceptionalism.","authors":"Zachary J Verne, Natalie Gukasyan, Jeffrey Zabinski","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2024.2433424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2433424","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"25 1","pages":"115-117"},"PeriodicalIF":17.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob D Moses, Miriam Rich, Callie Terris, Emma Tumilty
{"title":"Continuity in Claims of Exception in Biomedical Technologies.","authors":"Jacob D Moses, Miriam Rich, Callie Terris, Emma Tumilty","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2024.2433429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2433429","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"25 1","pages":"89-92"},"PeriodicalIF":17.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critiquing Medical Exceptionalism: Toward a Transcultural Psychedelic Bioethics.","authors":"Khaleel Rajwani","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2024.2433450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2433450","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"25 1","pages":"84-87"},"PeriodicalIF":17.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Irreversibility of Transformative Experience as a Criterion for Exceptionalism.","authors":"Sergei Shevchenko, Sofya Lavrentyeva","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2024.2433452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2433452","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"25 1","pages":"103-104"},"PeriodicalIF":17.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychedelics and Psychotherapy: What Can be Learned from a Historical Analysis of General Anesthesia and Surgery?","authors":"Christopher Scott Stauffer","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2024.2433453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2433453","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"25 1","pages":"56-58"},"PeriodicalIF":17.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Same Same but Different: On Psychedelic Exceptionalism.","authors":"Daniel Villiger","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2024.2433433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2433433","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"25 1","pages":"92-95"},"PeriodicalIF":17.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Logan Neitzke-Spruill, Caroline Beit, Lynnette A Averill, Amy L McGuire
{"title":"Supportive Touch in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy.","authors":"Logan Neitzke-Spruill, Caroline Beit, Lynnette A Averill, Amy L McGuire","doi":"10.1080/15265161.2024.2433428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2433428","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In August 2024, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected Lykos Therapeutics, Inc.'s new drug application for midomafetamine with psychological intervention (MDMA-AT) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Among the many issues raised during review was concern about a highly publicized case of alleged sexual misconduct by an unlicensed therapist during a Phase 2 study of MDMA and the potential risk of future abuse. This incident of misconduct, along with several other publicized cases of misconduct by guides, facilitators, and shaman offering psychedelic retreats, has raised the question of whether physical contact is ever appropriate during psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT). Drawing on research about supportive touch in other clinical contexts and taking into consideration features of psychedelics that exacerbate the potential for harm associated with supportive touch, we advocate for a precautionary approach to harm-reduction while arguing that supportive touch ought not be thrown out whole-cloth.</p>","PeriodicalId":50962,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Bioethics","volume":"25 1","pages":"29-39"},"PeriodicalIF":17.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}