Psychedelics May Ease Fear of Death and Dying
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Psychedelics can produce positive changes in attitudes about death and dying — and may be a way to help ease anxiety and depression toward the end of life, new research suggests. In a retrospective study of more than 3000 participants, near-death experiences occurring naturally or via a psychedelic drug had a "remarkably" similar effect on attitudes about death and dying, with most participants reporting less fear and anxiety around death.
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@champa The present findings, which show that both psychedelic and non-drug-occasioned experiences can produce positive and enduring changes in attitudes about death, suggest the importance of future prospective experimental and clinical observational studies to better understand mechanisms of such changes as well as their potential clinical utility in ameliorating suffering related to fear to death