The hidden therapist: evidence for a central role of music in psychedelic therapy
Kaelen, M., Giribaldi, B., Raine, J., Evans, L., Timmermann, C., Rodriguez, N., Roseman, L., Feilding, A., Nutt, D., Carhart-Harris, R. (2018) Psychopharmacology
Abstract
This study provides evidence that music plays a central therapeutic role in psychedelic-assisted therapy. Music experience during psilocybin sessions predicted the quality of the acute experience and therapeutic outcomes at follow-up, with the emotional resonance of music serving as a key mechanism.
Keywords
musicpsychedelic therapypsilocybinemotiontherapeutic outcomes
Clinical Research