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End-of-Life Patients Experience Music as a Partner in Psilocybin Therapy

End-of-Life Patients Experience Music as a Partner in Psilocybin Therapy

Psilocybin mushrooms

What they found

Patients in a psilocybin trial described music as an active, multisensory collaborator in their healing.

Patients in a psilocybin trial described music as an active, multisensory collaborator in their healing.

How solid is it?

Early human

Early human

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Compound

psilocybin

psilocybin

Published in

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Frontiers in Psychiatry

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Section

PSILOCYBIN & LEGISLATION

PSILOCYBIN & LEGISLATION

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Music Becomes Medicine

Music Becomes Medicine

In a clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy for end-of-life patients, participants described music not just as background, but as a vivid, internal collaborator in their healing. Unlike everyday music, it transformed into personal, multisensory experiences, sometimes felt as active partners in therapy. This challenges the standard idea of music as a passive “playlist” and calls for deeper consideration of how music is chosen and integrated in psychedelic sessions.

In a clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy for end-of-life patients, participants described music not just as background, but as a vivid, internal collaborator in their healing. Unlike everyday music, it transformed into personal, multisensory experiences, sometimes felt as active partners in therapy. This challenges the standard idea of music as a passive “playlist” and calls for deeper consideration of how music is chosen and integrated in psychedelic sessions.

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