Classic psychedelics: An integrative review of epidemiology, therapeutics, mystical experience, and brain network function

Johnson, Matthew W.; Hendricks, Peter S.; Barrett, Frederick S.; Griffiths, Roland R.

doi:10.1016/j.pharmthera.2018.11.010

Classic psychedelics: An integrative review of epidemiology, therapeutics, mystical experience, and brain network function

The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrative review and offer novel insights regarding human research with classic psychedelics (classic hallucinogens), which are serotonin 2A receptor (5‐HT2AR) agonists such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), mescaline, and psilocybin. Classic psyche…