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, 2024 ), although psychedelic use has been shown to not lead to motivationally-based workplace absenteeism generally ( Korman, 2023b ), although overtime was found to be reduced following the use of psilocybin ( Korman, 2023a ), but as a probable benefit
and motivations. In these moments, the application of critical theory seems to overrun the nuance and complexity of clinical work; this is the natural consequence of philosophising about a clinical field that is not inhabited by the philosopher in
provided basic demographic information and answered questions about their microdosing behavior (e.g., type of substance consumed; primary motivation for microdosing). 31 days after survey completion, an invitation link to a follow-up survey was sent to the
motivation as well as the number of patents held in a sample of patent-holders ( Thrash & Elliot, 2003 ). This overlap might relate to links between psychedelics and creativity ( Girn, Mills, Roseman, Carhart-Harris, & Christoff, 2020 ; Mason et al., 2021
order to make legible what these figures mean when they claim that psychedelics will revolutionize mental healthcare. As close readings of their public statements reveal, many leaders of the psychedelic medical industry express motivations that run
trivial they are not necessarily the primary targets we think of with ‘antidepressant’ treatment and do not necessarily align with patients’ primary motivations for seeking treatment. In this sense, medications that are sedating, or that increase appetite
positive symptoms (e.g., auditory hallucinations, disorganized thinking, delusions, abnormal motor behavior) and negative symptoms (e.g., diminished emotional expression, decreased motivation, decreased ability to experience pleasure, decreased ability to
at least pre-and post-measure. The majority (95%) came from Europe while the rest of the participants were from Asia (2.5%) and North America (2.5%). Their motivation for ayahuasca use included ‘understanding myself’ (34.2%), ‘solving issues’ (30
contested Letheby’s attribution of epistemic benefits to psychedelic states, suggesting that the benefits in question seem “more motivational than epistemic” (p. 250). However, he offers no explicit argument for this claim. He also suggests that any self
sessions with psilocybin (21–28 mg/70 kg) within a wider context of Motivational Enhancement Therapy led to significant increases in alcohol abstinence in problem drinkers, with results largely persisting to 36-week follow-up. MEQ scores (but also general
