UW–Madison’s Simon Goldberg is the lead author of a new paper published in Psychological Medicine that is titled, “Post-acute psychological effects of classical serotonergic psychedelics: a systematic review and meta-analysis.”
Goldberg is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology and an affiliate faculty member with the university’s Center for Healthy Minds (CHM).
With growing scientific interest in the potential therapeutic effects of classical psychedelics, the paper examines the psychological effects of psychedelic substances — including psilocybin, ayahuasca, and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) — outside of the period of acute intoxication. Results indicated that these substances may reduce psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety and depression when administered within a medical or research context.
In addition to Goldberg, several graduate students from the Department of Counseling Psychology are co-authors of the paper — they include Benjamin Shechet, Chi Wing Ng, and Geetanjali Deole. Other co-authors of the paper include Christopher R. Nicholas, an assistant professor in UW–Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health, and Charles L. Raison, a professor in UW–Madison’s School of Human Ecology and School of Medicine and Public Health.
To learn more, read the full paper on the Psychological Medicine website, here.