Selected Publications from Nursing Colleagues
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Acero, V. P., Flatt, T. A., Gooch, P. M., Gaughan, S. J., Levin, A. W., & Davis, A. K. (2025). From molecules to meaning: unpacking the antidepressant mechanisms of psychedelic drugs. Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512433.2025.2515866
Tustison, J., Niemi, C., & Choi, K. R. (2025). Protecting Patient Autonomy in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: A Nursing Ethics Perspective. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2025.2514624
Tustison, J. (2025). Mindfulness Meditation as an Adjunct to Esketamine Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder. UCLA. ProQuest ID: Tustison_ucla_0031D_23913. Merritt ID: ark:/13030/m5942hrc. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/35v5g9s3
Bradley, E. R., Sakai, K., Fernandes-Osterhold, G., Szigeti, B., Ludwig, C., Ostrem, J. L., Tanner, C. M., Bock, M. A., Llerena, K., Finley, P. R., O'Donovan, A., Zuzuarregui, J. R. P., Busby, Z., McKernan, A., Penn, A. D., Wang, A. C. C., Rosen, R. C., & Woolley, J. D. (2025). Psilocybin therapy for mood dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: an open-label pilot trial. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 10.1038/s41386-025-02097-0. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-025-02097-0
Dorsen, C., Noero, L., Knapp, M., Arden, K., & Rosa, W. E. (2025). Cosmology of belonging: The role of community in the therapeutic use of psychedelics. Palliative and Supportive Care, 23, e27. doi:10.1017/S1478951524001688
Miller, M., Meyers, M., Martin, A., Napolitano, S., Dorsen, C., Penn, A., & Rosa, W. E. (2024). A Rapid Review of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in the Context of Palliative Care. Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001096. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/NJH.0000000000001096
Graefe, A. C., Weirick, M. E., Harpin, S. B., Dorsen, C., & Porta, C. M. (2024). Registered Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Psychedelics in Healthcare: Statewide Survey Results. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 10.1111/jpm.13141. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.13141
Clark M. P. (2024). Psilocybin: Medicine for My Soul. Relief from Emotional and Spiritual Pain as a Hospice Nurse Diagnosed with Cancer. Journal of palliative medicine, 27(9), 1272–1273. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2024.0066
Amberger, C., & Szczesniak, L. (2024). Le rôle infirmier lors de la psychothérapie assistée par psychédéliques [The nursing role in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy]. Revue de l'infirmiere, 73(303), 45–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revinf.2024.07.014 (in French)
Ulveling Q, Mellina M (2024). Psychédéliques: les infirmiers au centre de l’accompagnement. Krankenpflege | Soins infirmiers | Cure infermieristiche (Journal of the Swiss Nursing Association) Original article in French, English Translation
Spotswood C. J. (2024). Psychedelics in Psychiatry, the Nursing Influence, and the Future of Psychedelic Therapies. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 10783903231222930. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10783903231222930
Ana Cláudia Mesquita Garcia , Lucas Oliveira Maia , Everson Meireles , Denismar Alves Nogueira & Luís Fernando Tófoli (2023) Spiritual Well-Being Among Users and Non-Users of Psychedelics: A Cross-Sectional Study, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2023.2284343
Raison, C. L., Sanacora, G., Woolley, J., Heinzerling, K., Dunlop, B. W., Brown, R. T., Kakar, R., Hassman, M., Trivedi, R. P., Robison, R., Gukasyan, N., Nayak, S. M., Hu, X., O'Donnell, K. C., Kelmendi, B., Sloshower, J., Penn, A. D., Bradley, E., Kelly, D. F., Mletzko, T., … Griffiths, R. R. (2023). Single-Dose Psilocybin Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA, 10.1001/jama.2023.14530. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2023.14530
Penn, A., & Yehuda, R. (2023). Preventing the Gaps in Psychedelic Research from Becoming Practice Pitfalls: A Translational Research Agenda. Psychedelic medicine (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 1(4), 198–209. https://doi.org/10.1089/psymed.2023.0017
Herrmann, Z., Levin, A. W., Cole, S. P., Slabaugh, S., Barnett, B., Penn, A., Jain, R., Raison, C., Rajanna, B., & Jain, S. (2023). Psychedelic Use Among Psychiatric Medication Prescribers: Effects on Well-Being, Depression, Anxiety, and Associations with Patterns of Use, Reported Harms, and Transformative Mental States. Psychedelic Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1089/psymed.2023.0030
Miller, M., Rosa, W. E., Doerner Rinaldi, A., Addicott, K., Spence, D., & Beaussant, Y. (2023). Applying Key Lessons from the Hospice and Palliative Care Movement to Inform Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy. Psychedelic Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1089/psymed.2022.0009
Lakeman, R., Ryan, T., & Emeleus, M. (2023). It is not and never has been just about the drug: The need to emphasise psychotherapy in psychedelic‐assisted psychotherapy...Crowe M, Manuel J, Carlyle D, et al. Experiences of psilocybin treatment for clinical conditions: a qualitative meta-synthesis. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 32(3), 945–946. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13147
Dorsen, C., Penn, A., Carew, N., & Lloyd, M. (2023). A Rare Case of MDMA-Induced Hyponatremia. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 19(2), 104484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2022.10.013
Raison, C. L., Jain, R., Penn, A. D., Cole, S. P., & Jain, S. (2022). Effects of Naturalistic Psychedelic Use on Depression, Anxiety, and Well-Being: Associations With Patterns of Use, Reported Harms, and Transformative Mental States. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.831092
Rosa, W. E., Sager, Z., Miller, M., Bernstein, I., Doerner Rinaldi, A., Addicott, K., Ljuslin, M., Adrian, C., Back, A. L., Beachy, J., Bossis, A. P., Breitbart, W. S., Cosimano, M. P., Fischer, S. M., Guss, J., Knighton, E., Phelps, J., Richards, B. D., Richards, W. A., Tulsky, J. A., … Beaussant, Y. (2022). Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in the Context of Serious Illness. Journal of palliative medicine, 10.1089/jpm.2022.0036. Advance online publication. https://doi-org.ucsf.idm.oclc.org/10.1089/jpm.2022.0036
Mesquita Garcia AC & de Oliveira Maia L (2022) The therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances in Hospice and Palliative Care, Progress in Palliative Care, 30:1, 1-3, DOI: 10.1080/09699260.2022.2001140
Oliveira Maia L,Beaussant Y & Mesquita Garcia AC (2022),The therapeutic potential of psychedelic-assisted therapies fors symptom control in patients diagnosed with serious illness: a systematic review, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.01.024
Cotton, L. (2022). Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP): Paving the Way Forward in Nursing. Beginnings, 42(2), 20–21.
Gard DE, Pleet ME, Bradley ER , Penn, AD , Gallenstein ML , Riley LS, DellaCrosse M, Garfinkle EM, Michalak EE & Woolley JD, (2021) Evaluating the risk of psilocybin for the treatment of bipolar depression: A review of the research literature and published case studies, Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, Volume 6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100240.
Lehto, R. H., Miller, M., & Sender, J. (2021). The Role of Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy to Support Patients With Cancer: A Critical Scoping Review of the Research. Journal of Holistic Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1177/08980101211039086
Mangini, M. (2021). Unseen Women in Psychedelic History. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678211029186
Ulveling Q (2021) La profession infirmière et les états non ordinaires de conscience (In French), Journal of the Swiss Nurses Association
Penn AD, Dorsen CG, Hope S, Rosa WE, (2021) Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Emerging treatments in mental health disorders. American Journal of Nursing
Hendin HM, Penn AD (2021) An episode of mania following self-reported ingestion of psilocybin mushrooms in a woman previously not diagnosed with bipolar disorder: A case report, Bipolar Disorders, Epub ahead of print
Penn AD, Phelps J, Rosa WE, Watson J (2021) Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Practices and Human Caring Science: Towards a Care-Informed Model of Treatment. Journal of Humanistic Psychology
Mendes, A. (2021). Novel use of psychedelics for heart disease and mental health. British Journal of Community Nursing, 26(12), 592–593. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2021.26.12.592
Fradkin, D (2021) Psilocybin: A brief overview for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 58(3), 1200–1203. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12888
Clark, C. S., Hope, S., & Rosa, W. E. (2021). Current trends in sacred medicine. In M. A. Blaszko Helming, D. A. Shileds, K. M. Avino, & W. E. Rosa (Eds.), Dossey & Keegan's Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice: A Handbook for Practice (8th ed). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Penn, AD (2020) A Nurse's Call for Keeping the Human in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy. Chacruna.net
Denis-Lalonde, D., & Estefan, A. (2020). Emerging psychedelic-assisted therapies: Implications for
nursing practice. Journal of Mental Health Addiction Nursing, 4(1), 3-41. doi:10.22374/jmhan.v4i1.40
Dorsen C, Palamar J & Shedlin MG (2019) Ceremonial ‘Plant Medicine’ use and its relationship to recreational drug use: an exploratory study, Addiction Research & Theory, 27:2, 68-75, DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2018.1455187
Rosa, W. E., Hope, S., & Matzo, M. (2019). Palliative nursing and sacred medicine: A holistic stance on entheogens, healing, and spiritual care. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 37(1), 100-106. doi:10.1177/0898010118770302
Mangini, M (2019) A Hidden History of Women and Psychedelics, MAPS Bulletin Special Edition, Spring 2019
Penn, A. D., Ot’alora, G. M., & Raison, C. L. (2018). MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post traumatic stress disorder. In R. F. Summers, & D. V. Jeste (Eds.), Positive psychiatry: A casebook ,American Psychiatric Association Press.
Hope, S., & Rosa, W. (2018). Holistic Care of the Spirit: The Use of Entheogens in Patients with Advanced Serious Illness. Beginnings, 38(4), 18–21.
Brunk, L. (2006). Hallucinogenic Plants: An Update for the School-Based Health Care Provider. NASN Newsletter., 21(6), 19–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/104747570602100608
Berg, L (1994) Notes from a Psychedelic Nurse, MAPS Bulletin, Summer 1994
Jones C. (1993). MDMA: the doubts surrounding Ecstasy and the response of the emergency nurse... Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. Accident & Emergency Nursing, 1(4), 193–198.
Parley, K (1964) Supporting the Patient on LSD Day, American Journal of Nursing
Bierer J, Buckman J (1961) Marlborough Night Hospital: Treatment With LSD and Group Therapy, Nursing Times
Ball ER (1955) The Nursing and Care of Mentally-ill Patients Under D-lysergic Acid Diethylamide, Nursing Mirror, 1531
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Parley, K. (1964). Supporting the patient on LSD day. American Journal of Nursing, (February), 80-82.