Mental health
fromPsychology Today
5 days agoFreedom to Be Furious
Psychedelic-assisted therapy can access unfamiliar emotions like anger, using symbolic images that connect lived experience to embodied understanding over time.
With millions of soldiers estimated to be suffering from trauma-related conditions, not to mention civilians, Ukraine faces an urgent question: How will it treat the lasting mental scars of war? Among the emerging possibilities is psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) in treatment of war-related trauma, a controversial yet increasingly researched approach that some experts believe could play a transformative role in veteran mental health care.