RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Psychedelics, spirituality, and existential distress in patients at the end of life
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 248
OP 254
DO 10.3949/ccjm.92a.24100
VO 92
IS 4
A1 Cornish, Nicole
A1 Coles, Tara
A1 Cheng, M. Jennifer
A1 Sotomayor, Claudia Ruiz
A1 Wolfgang, Aaron
A1 Spevak, Christopher
YR 2025
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/92/4/248.abstract
AB Psychedelic-assisted therapy clinical trials conducted over the past decade have prompted increased interest in the use of psychedelics to treat nonphysical suffering, which can include significant spiritual and existential distress at the end of life. The authors explore the role of psychedelics in helping to address patients’ spiritual and existential suffering from a medical, ethical, and legal perspective, with the aim of stimulating discussion and research on this timely and clinically promising topic.