Jacob T. Steinle, MD

Division of Addiction Science, Prevention, and Treatment, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; The Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research (CAHSPER), Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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Hallucinogen–Psychosis Associations Are Confounded by Baseline Psychiatric History
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June 10, 2026

Apparent associations between hallucinogen use and psychosis appear largely attributable to baseline psychiatric comorbidities rather than direct causal effects.
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