Perspectives on Trauma Treatment, Self-Management Strategies, and Attitudes Toward Psychedelic Therapies in Individuals with Psychological Trauma Symptoms

Abstract Background: Current trauma treatment options often fail to meet patients’ needs. Despite the availability of established interventions, many trauma treatments fail to adequately meet patients’ needs. In parallel, there has been renewed scientific and public interest in the therapeutic potential of psychedelics and related compounds, accompanied by increasing unsupervised use. This underscores the need to examine patients’ willingness to engage with these therapies should they receive regulatory approval and to better characterize patterns of self-administration in order to inform