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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry
  • Pharmacology

Background:

  • Global mental health is a significant challenge with current treatments having limitations.
  • A transdiagnostic approach, targeting shared mechanisms across disorders, is gaining traction.
  • Psychedelic therapy shows promise for various psychiatric conditions, suggesting transdiagnostic efficacy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose that psychedelic therapy's core action is enhancing neuronal and mental plasticity.
  • To suggest that increased plasticity via psychedelics, combined with psychotherapy, promotes adaptability and resilience.
  • To present markers of plasticity and link them to a predictive processing model for psychedelic action.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing evidence on psychedelic therapy and mental plasticity.
  • Identification of candidate neurological and psychological markers of plasticity.
  • Integration with a predictive processing model of psychedelic action.

Main Results:

  • Psychedelic therapy enhances neuronal and mental plasticity, facilitating therapeutic change.
  • This enhanced plasticity, within a therapeutic context, supports adaptability and resilience.
  • Candidate markers for plasticity and a predictive processing model are proposed.

Conclusions:

  • Psychedelic-induced plasticity, coupled with psychotherapy, has prophylactic and transdiagnostic potential.
  • This approach may offer a broad, positive impact on public mental health.
  • Further research into plasticity markers and predictive models is warranted.