Psychedelics and psychological flexibility – Results of a prospective web-survey using the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire II (Pages 37-44)

Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science (JCBS)

Volume 16, April 2020, Pages 37-44 (Special Issue on Contextual Behavioral Science and the Psychedelic Renaissance)

Authors

James B. Close, Eline C. Hajien, Rosalind Watts, Leor Roseman, Robin L. Carhart-Harris

Highlights

• Scores for psychological flexibility improved following a psychedelic experience.
• Improvements in scores for psychological flexibility and depression correlated.
• Emotionally cathartic and mystical experiences improved psychological flexibility.
• Low baseline scores for psychological flexibility predicted greater improvements.
• Estimated changes in psychological flexibility improved for those at drug retreats.