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Our understanding of the effects of set and setting has come a long way, and a lot of bad experiences can be chalked up to not taking these into account. The understanding of severe psychological conditions that would serve as a contraindication for psychedelic medicine is also progressing.

On the subject of bad trips (or the better term "challenging experiences"), Roland Griffith's lab at Johns Hopkins has found that people who had "bad trips" on psilocybin often actually experienced better long term improvements. Sometimes the best way out is through, and these medicines appear to help people confront issues that they have a hard time facing through standard approaches.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/qanda_griffiths.h...