Mindful Awareness As Mechanism: Enhanced Mindfulness Following Psilocybin Predicts Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Improvement

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Keyword: Mindfulness and Meditation

Abstract: We examined the relationship between mindfulness and treatment outcome in a psilocybin trial for OCD. Increases in mindfulness significantly predicted OCD symptom reduction (β = -0.50, p = .003), indicating a potential role of mindfulness in the therapeutic effects of psilocybin for OCD.

• Sarah Shnayder (Presenting Author)
• Thomas Adams (Author)
• Benjamin Kelmendi (Author)
• Terence Ching (Author)