Psychedelics Could Trigger A 'Paradigm Shift' In Mental Health Care
They can trigger a paradigm shift in many other areas, not just mental health care. 
Except it's so hard to explain this to a 'normal' person, who's never taken any.<p>"If God were to permit you a brief voyage into the divine process,
let you whirl for a second into the atomic nucleus or spin you
out on a light-year trip through the galaxies, how on earth
would you describe what you saw when you got back, breathless,
to your office? This metaphor may sound farfetched or irrelevant, 
but just ask someone who has taken a heavy dose of LSD." 
- Tim Leary, The politics of ecstasy, 1968<p>It's similar to the 'overview effect' reported by astronauts who've been to space. 
Of course it triggers a paradigm shift and 'cures' depression or other mind-loops that we find ourselves in so often.<p>It's good to see that there are more discussions about psychedelics in the scientific community. 
I suspect there are many (more and more) scientists and academics who use psychedelics so 
I think we will see more and more material published on this subject, apart from the huge amount of anecdotal material available online.<p>I also suspect that people use more psychedelics now than ever in our history.
And it's happening globally.  And it's a good thing.<p>Because I believe psychedelics are the mythical 'love bomb' which can stop wars and bring peace to people and other species on Earth. 
And they could, in theory, cure cancer - certainly the psychological and spiritual effects of the disease, which could bring remission to it's physical manifestation.<p>So yeah, there's lots of research still to be done.