Trends in the psychedelic renaissance: Applying artificial intelligence to measure media portrayal of psychedelic drugs in the 21st century

Authors

• David A Bender, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Harrison M Dunn, Washington University in St. Louis
• Arushi D Mohite, Washington University in St. Louis
• Akila Anandarajah, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Jacob Steinle, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Suraj Shankar, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Brandon Kiley, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Sara Martin, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Rishi Gonuguntla, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Mia Stonov, Washington University in St. Louis
• Nithya Pippala, Washington University in St. Louis
• Rana Abdalla, Washington University in St. Louis
• Madison K Stille, Washington University in St. Louis
• Gibson Werner, Washington University in St. Louis
• Melinda Daniels-Tineo, Washington University in St. Louis
• Hannah Wang, Washington University in St. Louis
• Sonali Sharma, Washington University in St. Louis
• Jatin Sridhar, Washington University in St. Louis
• Adebusola Adeyemi, Washington University in St. Louis
• Kayla Smart, Washington University in St. Louis
• Baris C Ercal, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Journal

BJPsych Open

Publication Date

2-12-2026

Volume

12

Issue

2

First Page

e63

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1192/bjo.2025.10974

Rights and Permissions

Bender DA, Dunn HM, Pekau A, Mohite AD, Anandarajah A, Ross BD, Steinle J, Shankar S, Kiley B, Martin S, Gonuguntla R, Stonov M, Pippala N, Abdalla R, Stille MK, Yusuf J, Villalba M, Werner G, Divekar A, Daniels-Tineo M, Wang H, Chertock S, Sharma S, Ahmed SA, Bandyopadhyay R, Sridhar J, Iyer M, Adeyemi A, Smart K, Jalil U, Alam Z, Ercal BC, Hellerstein DJ, Nemeroff CB. Trends in the psychedelic renaissance: applying artificial intelligence to measure media portrayal of psychedelic drugs in the 21st century. BJPsych Open. 2026 Feb 12;12(2):e63. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2025.10974 This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited. © The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

Recommended Citation

Bender, David A; Dunn, Harrison M; Mohite, Arushi D; Anandarajah, Akila; Steinle, Jacob; Shankar, Suraj; Kiley, Brandon; Martin, Sara; Gonuguntla, Rishi; Stonov, Mia; Pippala, Nithya; Abdalla, Rana; Stille, Madison K; Werner, Gibson; Daniels-Tineo, Melinda; Wang, Hannah; Sharma, Sonali; Sridhar, Jatin; Adeyemi, Adebusola; Smart, Kayla; and Ercal, Baris C, "Trends in the psychedelic renaissance: Applying artificial intelligence to measure media portrayal of psychedelic drugs in the 21st century." BJPsych Open. 12, 2. e63 (2026).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/7389

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)

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