Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is booming, but scientific evidence is limited. Often, psychedelic communities know more about psychedelics than medical practitioners. In this project, we aimed to collected data from two of the internet’s most popular online, psychedelic communities: The Shroomery and DMT Nexus. We think these communities can offer a lot to harm reduction and clinical psychedelic medicine.
Four papers emerged from this research project:
Engel, L., Thal, S., Bright, S. & Low, M. (2024). Psychedelic trip sitting, dosages and intensities: Supplementing clinical studies with anecdotal reports. Journal of Psychedelic Studies, https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2024.00377
Engel, L., Thal, S., & Bright, S. (2022). Psychedelic forum member preferences for carer experience and consumption behaviour: Can ‘trip sitters’ help inform psychedelic harm reduction services? Contemporary Drug Problems, https://doi.org/10.1177/00914509221121420
Thal, S., Engel, L. & Bright, S. (2022). Sober sitter or coconsumer? Psychedelics, online forums and preferences for interpersonal interactions, Addiction Research & Theory, https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2022.2065268
Thal, S., Engel, L. & Bright, S. (2022). Presence, trust, empathy: Preferred characteristics of psychedelic carers. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678221081380