Medical humanities

Psychedelics in healthcare: balancing medical treatment and personal meaning

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Abstract

Profit-oriented technomedical initiatives are shaping the current renaissance of psychedelics in mainstream medicine.

  • The focus on individual wellness may reinforce a divide between psychopharmaceutical treatments and traditional talk therapy.
  • This situation presents unique challenges for the field of medical humanities.
  • The status of narratives in therapy could be impacted by the prevailing profit-driven approach.
  • Existential implications of therapy narratives may be overlooked in this context.

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