Preparing the body for psilocybin therapy: receptive and generative interoception in cancer patients

Frontiers in Psychiatry | New and Recent Articles ·
Mind & Mental Health Switzerland

Cancer patients arrive for psilocybin therapy with bodies altered by illness and treatment — bodies that they have learned to brace against, dissociate from, or scan for threat. Research on psilocybin-assisted therapy for cancer-related depression and anxiety consistently identifies the quality of the acute subjective experience — reflected in constructs such as acceptance, surrender,…

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