Researchers at University of the Incarnate Word Release New Data on Health and Medicine (The Relationships Between Healthcare Access, Gender, and Psychedelics and Their Effects On Distress): Health and Medicine

2025 JUN 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on Health and Medicine is now available. According to news originating from San Antonio, Texas, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Structural inequalities in healthcare access may influence how individuals experience the psychological effects of psychedelic substances, potentially limiting positive outcomes among vulnerable populations. This study uses data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2008-2019; N = 484,732) to examine how public and private health insurance moderate the association between psychedelic use and psychological distress.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of the Incarnate Word, “Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models indicate that private health insurance is associated with lower psychological distress, while public insurance is associated with higher distress. Psychedelic use moderates these associations, reinforcing the protective pattern linked to private insurance and intensifying distress among those with public coverage. These patterns vary by gender: among men, psychedelic use does not significantly alter the association between insurance type and distress; among women, however, psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) use are associated with lower distress among those with private insurance, but with higher distress among those with public insurance.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “These findings indicate that while psychedelics may interact with existing healthcare conditions, they do not mitigate structural inequalities and may, in some cases, exacerbate them.”

For more information on this research see: The Relationships Between Healthcare Access, Gender, and Psychedelics and Their Effects On Distress. Healthcare, 2025;13(10):1158. Healthcare can be contacted at: Mdpi, St Alban-Anlage 66, Ch-4052 Basel, Switzerland.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Sean Matthew Vina, University of the Incarnate Word, Dept. of Sociology, 4301 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13101158. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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