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{{for|the Bardo Pond album|Set and Setting (album)}}
[[File:Day 020.jpg|thumb|The "set" and "setting" are critical to avoid a "[[bad trip]]"]]
'''Set and setting''', when referring to a [[Psychedelic experience|psychedelic drug experience]] or the use of other [[Psychoactive drug|psychoactive substances]], means one's mindset (shortened to "set") and the physical and social environment (the "setting") in which the user has the experience.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Hartogsohn |first=Ido |date=2017 |title=Constructing drug effects: A history of set and setting |journal=Drug Science, Policy and Law |language=en |volume=3 |pages=205032451668332 |doi=10.1177/2050324516683325 |s2cid=53373205 |issn=2050-3245|doi-access=free }}</ref> Set and setting are factors that can condition the effects of psychoactive substances: "Set" refers to the mental state a person brings to the experience, like thoughts, mood and expectations; "[[Setting (narrative)|setting]]" to the physical and social environment.<ref>{{cite book |last=Zinberg |first=N. E. |url=https://archive.org/details/drugsetsettingba0000zinb |title=Drug, Set, and Setting: The Basis for Controlled Intoxicant Use |date=1984 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-03110-2 |___location=New Haven |url-access=registration}}</ref> This is especially relevant for [[Psychedelic drug|psychedelic]] experiences in either a therapeutic or recreational context.
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