While this is a completely fair counterpoint, the part that GP didn’t mention is that a patient’s subjective experience is usually ignored or minimized in psych

While this is a completely fair counterpoint, the part that GP didn’t mention is that a patient’s subjective experience is usually ignored or minimized in psychological research, which prefers to focus on behavior and biological phenomena (because they are easier to measure). It seems to me like the “trip” aspect is at least worth some investigation.