The Relationship Between Changes in Mindfulness and Subsequent Changes in Well-Being Following Psychedelic Use: Prospective Cohort Study

Grant Jones; Felipe Herrmann; Adam Bear; Robin Carhart-Harris; Hannes Kettner

doi:10.2196/54632

The Relationship Between Changes in Mindfulness and Subsequent Changes in Well-Being Following Psychedelic Use: Prospective Cohort Study

JMIR Form Res. 2024 Mar 4:8:e54632. doi: 10.2196/54632.

Authors

Grant Jones¹, Felipe Herrmann¹, Adam Bear¹, Robin Carhart-Harris², Hannes Kettner²

Affiliations

¹ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.
² University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.

PMID: 38437005
PMCID: PMC10949123
DOI: 10.2196/54632

Abstract

This study demonstrates that changes in mindfulness predict subsequent changes in well-being in a data set including individuals who recently engaged in psychedelic use.

Keywords: anxiety; depression; drug; drugs; hallucinogen; hallucinogens; meditation; mental health; mindfulness; observational; psychedelic; psychedelics; substance use; survey; surveys; web-based survey.

©Grant Jones, Felipe Herrmann, Adam Bear, Robin Carhart-Harris, Hannes Kettner. Originally published in JMIR Formative Research (https://formative.jmir.org), 04.03.2024.