Porta Carolyn M, Weirick Madison E, Graefe Anna, Harpin Scott B, Dorsen Caroline
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
College of Nursing, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Psychedelic Med (New Rochelle). 2024 Sep 4;2(3):178-183. doi: 10.1089/psymed.2023.0073. eCollection 2024 Sep.
To explore nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and perceived social norms about psychedelic use to address mental health conditions.
Data were collected through an anonymous e-survey of Minnesota registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, and psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners in Spring 2023; the pool was randomly selected from the Minnesota Board of Nursing registry.
A total of 1133 nurses completed the survey. Respondents were generally demographically representative of Minnesota nurses. Nurses exhibited mixed attitudes toward psychedelic decriminalization (45.7% in favor, 20.1% against, and 34.2% unsure). Participants expressed openness to therapeutic use (mean = 20.5 and standard deviation = 4.3), interest in observing psychedelic sessions (80.7%), and believed in the importance of the role of nurses in the realm of psychedelic health care (74.1%). However, nurses reported low confidence in their knowledge about the potential benefits of psychedelics for the treatment of mental health concerns (26.5% confident) and mechanisms of action (21.2% confident).
With the potential Food and Drug Administration reclassification and approval of psychedelics for treating conditions such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and addiction, nurses are poised to play a crucial role in supporting scalable and equitable access to psychedelic treatment and information. Nurses and their health care professional counterparts require additional education and new competency development to appropriately and knowledgeably support evidence-based psychedelic use to treat various mental health conditions.
探讨护士关于使用迷幻药治疗心理健康状况的知识、态度和感知到的社会规范。
2023年春季，通过对明尼苏达州注册护士、高级实践注册护士和精神心理护理从业者进行匿名电子调查收集数据；样本从明尼苏达州护士委员会登记册中随机选取。
共有1133名护士完成了调查。受访者在人口统计学特征上总体代表了明尼苏达州的护士。护士对迷幻药合法化表现出复杂的态度（45.7%赞成，20.1%反对，34.2%不确定）。参与者对治疗性使用持开放态度（平均分为20.5，标准差为4.3），有兴趣观察迷幻药治疗过程（80.7%），并认为护士在迷幻药医疗领域的作用很重要（74.1%）。然而，护士表示对迷幻药治疗心理健康问题的潜在益处（26.5%有信心）和作用机制（21.2%有信心）的知识缺乏信心。
随着美国食品药品监督管理局可能对迷幻药进行重新分类并批准其用于治疗抑郁症、焦虑症、创伤后应激障碍和成瘾等疾病，护士有望在支持扩大迷幻药治疗及信息获取的规模和公平性方面发挥关键作用。护士及其医疗同行需要接受更多教育并发展新的能力，以便适当地、有见识地支持基于证据的迷幻药使用来治疗各种心理健康状况。
