Psychedelic and Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness SIG

Psychedelic and Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness SIG

Psychedelic and Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness SIG

Affiliated 2016

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Contact Information

Temple Morris

Maura Tunney

Current SIG Leaders

Temple Morris (co-chair)
Maura Tunney (co-chair)
 

Mission/Objectives

The mission of the Psychedelic/Non-Ordinary of Consciousness SIG is to seriously engage with the accumulating body of scientific data regarding the therapeutic and human growth potential for psychedelic drugs and non-ordinary states of consciousness from a functional contextual perspective.

This will be achieved by:
1) De-stigmatizing the use of psychedelic agents for scientific and clinical purposes. This may include fearlessly promoting dialogue with other ACBS members, creating publications that examine current scientific knowledge from a functional contextual perspective, and building bridges with others doing this work.
2) Promoting scientific investigation of non-ordinary states for the purposes of basic and applied behavioral science.
3) To create a contextual conceptualization for the effects of the experience of non-ordinary states and their potential therapeutic benefits.

General Interest Area to be Specifically Addressed

Interest in the scientific study of psychedelic drugs and the associated non-ordinary states of consciousness that they evoke has grown tremendously in the past decade. Once considered a highly promising class of drugs for therapeutic and personal benefit, cultural taboos and legal restrictions effectively ended their study for over 30 years. As those sanctions begin to lift, many questions are left under investigated, and no form of behavioral psychology has ever attempted to study or explain the positive psychological benefits that are strongly suggested by current evidence.

SIG Activities

1. Annual meeting at the World Conferences.
2. Maintain an email listserve to promote conversation and support between SIG members.
3. Author publications examining the existing data on non-ordinary states of consciousness from a functional contextual perspective, including questions that could potentially be experimentally investigated.
4. Develop collaborations with other groups working on the scientific investigation of psychedelic states.
5. SIG Resources webpage

Description of Membership

The membership is open to all ACBS members, of all categories, interested in these issues from the perspective of contextual behavioral science.

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Psychedelic and Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness SIG Resources

Psychedelic and Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness SIG Resources

JCBS Special Issue on Contextual Behavioral Science and the Psychedelic Renaissance
Guest Edited by Jason Luoma, Lance McCracken, Rosalind Watts and Alan Kooi Davis

Publications

  • Whitfield, H.J. (2021 in press) A Spectrum of Selves Reinforced in Multilevel Coherence: A Contextual Behavioural Response to the Challenges of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Development. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 727572. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.727572
  • Davis, A.K., Agin-Liebes, G., España, M., Pilecki, B., & Luoma, J. (2021). Attitudes and Beliefs about the Therapeutic Use of Psychedelic Drugs among Psychologists in the United States. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2021.1971343
  • Pilecki, B., Luoma, J.B., Bathje, G.J. et al. (2021). Ethical and legal issues in psychedelic harm reduction and integration therapy. Harm Reduction Journal 18, 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00489-1
  • Guss, J., Krause, R., & Sloshower, J. (2020). The Yale Manual for Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy of Depression (using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a Therapeutic Frame). https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/u6v9y
  • Zeifman, Richard & Wagner, Anne & Watts, Rosalind & Kettner, Hannes & Mertens, Lea & Carhart-Harris, Robin. (2020). Post-Psychedelic Reductions in Experiential Avoidance Are Associated With Decreases in Depression Severity and Suicidal Ideation. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, p. 782. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00782
  • Walsh, Z. & Thiessen, M.S. (2018). Psychedelics and the new behaviourism: considering the integration of third-wave behaviour therapies with psychedelic-assisted therapy. International Review of Psychiatry, 30(4), 343-349, DOI: 10.1080/09540261.2018.1474088

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