2024
Mechanisms of therapeutic change after psychedelic treatment in OCD
Maloney G, Ching T, Kichuk S, Pittenger C, Kelmendi B. Mechanisms of therapeutic change after psychedelic treatment in OCD. Psychiatry Research 2024, 336: 115907. PMID: 38615521, PMCID: PMC11190873, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderMechanisms of therapeutic changeAversive eventsImagery rescriptingPsychedelic treatmentPsychotherapeutic treatmentPsychotherapeutic frameworkSymptom reductionTherapeutic changePsychotherapyNegative emotionsPsychological mechanismsCore beliefsPilot dataNovel treatmentRescriptingEmotionsDisordersSymptomsReprocessingTreatmentBeliefsResistance to first-lineIndividualsInterventionCorrigendum: Safety, feasibility, tolerability, and clinical effects of repeated psilocybin dosing combined with non-directive support in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: protocol for a randomized, waitlist-controlled trial with blinded ratings
Ching T, Amoroso L, Bohner C, D'Amico E, Eilbott J, Entezar T, Fitzpatrick M, Fram G, Grazioplene R, Hokanson J, Jankovsky A, Kichuk S, Martins B, Patel P, Schaer H, Shnayder S, Witherow C, Pittenger C, Kelmendi B. Corrigendum: Safety, feasibility, tolerability, and clinical effects of repeated psilocybin dosing combined with non-directive support in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: protocol for a randomized, waitlist-controlled trial with blinded ratings. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2024, 15: 1372373. PMID: 38435972, PMCID: PMC10905264, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1372373.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Single-dose psilocybin for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: A case report
Kelmendi B, Kichuk S, DePalmer G, Maloney G, Ching T, Belser A, Pittenger C. Single-dose psilocybin for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: A case report. Heliyon 2022, 8: e12135. PMID: 36536916, PMCID: PMC9758406, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObsessive-compulsive disorderTreatment of OCDPsychedelic treatmentTreatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorderRefractory obsessive-compulsive disorderOCD symptomsPsychological effectsSerotonin systemSingle experimental studyRecreational usersBrain serotonin systemTreatment of patientsClassic psychedelicsQuality of lifePsilocybinSymptomatic improvementCase reportClinical dataTherapeutic potentialEmotionsPatientsDisordersTreatmentNumber of conditionsCompulsion