A psychedelic is a psychoactive drug that alters cognition and perception. Psychedelic may also refer to: Psychology and healthcare Psychedelic experience, a temporary altered state of consciousness induced by the consumption of psychedelics Psychedelic therapy, therapeutic practices involving the use of psychedelics, primarily to assist psychotherapy Culture and society Psychedelia, a subculture surrounding the psychedelic experience Psychedelic era, a time of social and cultural change related to psychedelia between the early 1960s and the mid-1970s Arts, entertainment, and media Psychedelic art, art inspired by the psychedelic experience Psychedelic film, a film genre influenced by psychedelia Psychedelic literature, literature related to psychedelics Psychedelic music, popular music connected to psychedelia, aiming to replicate or enhance the psychedelic experience Psychedelic folk, originating in the mid-1960s Psychedelic funk, originating in the late 1960s Psychedelic pop, originating in the mid-1960s Psychedelic rock, originating in the mid-1960s Psychedelic soul, originating in the late 1960s Psychedelic trance (also known as psytrance or simply psy), originating in the late 1990s Psychedelia (film), a 2015 film Other uses Psychedelic frogfish, named for its appearance See also Psychotropic Shagadelic Psy (disambiguation) Psych (disambiguation) Psyche (disambiguation) Psycho (disambiguation)