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Editorial
. 2024 Jun 10:15:1431389.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1431389. eCollection 2024.

Editorial: Down the rabbit hole - the psychological and neural mechanisms of psychedelic compounds and their use in treating mental health and medical conditions

Leehe Peled-Avron  1   2   3 , Jacob S Aday  4 , Amilia Lydia Kalafateli  5 , Holly K Hamilton  6   7 , Joshua D Woolley  2   3
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Editorial: Down the rabbit hole - the psychological and neural mechanisms of psychedelic compounds and their use in treating mental health and medical conditions

Leehe Peled-Avron et al. Front Psychiatry. .
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Keywords: 5-MeO-DMT; depression; entheogen; mechanisms; mystical experience; virtual reality.

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Author AK was employed by company NLC Health Ventures. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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