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# Mindfulness, music, visual occlusion in ketamine therapy for depression: do they change outcomes? A qualitative and quantitative analysis of a randomized controlled trial (Kheirkhah, et al, 2025)
- URL: https://psychedelicmentalhealth.net/mindfulness-music-visual-occlusion-in-ketamine-therapy-for-depression/
- Published: 2025-09-18T21:37:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-18T21:37:08.000Z
- Description: "...participants in the combined sensory intervention group reported deeper engagement, a stronger sense of connection to reality, increased focus on the experience..., moments of relief from sadness, and feelings of awe and spiritual insight compared to the control group. "
- Author: Michael DeMarco, PhD
- Tags: ketamine, ketamine therapy, is ketamine a psychedelic, psychedelics, psychedelic research, ketamine research, ketamine therapists, ketamine-assistedpsychotherapy, ketamine psychedelic therapy

[Mindfulness, music, visual occlusion in ketamine therapy for depression: do they change outcomes? A qualitative and quantitative analysis of a randomized controlled trial - PubMedhttps://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05168735, identifier NCT05168735.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/icon/favicon-192-105.png)PubMedMina Kheirkhah![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/a8/61a8484e-df24-47fb-903c-d012ff10c983/content/images/thumbnail/pubmed-meta-image-v2-104.jpg)](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40964432/)

(2025):"...mindfulness, music, and eye mask made the (ketamine) experience more meaningful and emotionally rich..."..."participants in the combined sensory intervention group reported deeper engagement, a stronger sense of connection to reality, increased focus on the experience..., moments of relief from sadness, and feelings of awe and spiritual insight compared to the control group."