Cancer patients arrive for psilocybin therapy with bodies altered by illness and treatment - bodies that they have learned to brace against, dissociate from, or scan for threat. Research on psilocybin-assisted therapy for cancer-related depression and anxiety consistently identifies the quality of the acute subjective experience - reflected in constructs such as acceptance, surrender, boundlessness, and emotional...
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Discussion
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No actionable change — this is early-stage research on psilocybin therapy preparation in cancer patients with no direct audiology relevance; audiologists should not alter practice based on this.
While outside core audiology practice, psilocybin therapy is an emerging field relevant to audiologists managing cancer patients who may have treatment-related hearing damage (ototoxicity), though this study's findings are too preliminary to guide care.
- 01Study focuses on interoception (body-awareness) as preparation for psilocybin therapy in cancer patients.
- 02Cancer and its treatments can alter how patients sense their own bodies.
- 03Two interoceptive approaches — receptive and generative — are examined as preparatory methods.
- 04No direct audiology or hearing-loss findings are reported.
- 05Research is published in a psychiatry journal, indicating a mental health rather than audiological focus.
- PMID
- 42922907
- DOI
- 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1890966.
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Cancer patients with altered bodily awareness due to illness and treatment
- Intervention
- Receptive and generative interoception as preparatory approaches for psilocybin therapy
Primary outcomes
Clinical response to interoceptive preparation for psilocybin therapy; Changes in bodily awareness in cancer patients