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Therapeutic availability versus uptake in psychedelic therapy
Letter/Communication   Peer reviewed

Therapeutic availability versus uptake in psychedelic therapy

Matthew Pennell and Louise Horstmanshof
General hospital psychiatry, Vol.100, pp.117-118
05/2026
PMID: 41887051

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Abstract

Schettino et al. [1] make a valuable contribution by proposing clearer criteria for distinguishing psychological support from psychotherapy in psychedelic treatment research. Together with related efforts to clarify psychological support [2], their analysis helps move the discussion towards clearer definitions and empirical comparability. It also highlights how difficult these models are to classify under current trial reporting. The wider debate has also drawn attention to the poor specification of the psychotherapeutic component in psychedelic treatment, as well as to disagreement about whether safety-focused and efficacy-relevant interpersonal processes can be cleanly separated [[3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]].

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