This study is a survey-type, cross-sectional study conducted in Brazil (n = 517), with online data collection taking place from April to June 2022. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the death anxiety in users and non-users of psychedelics. To this end, we also assessed the validity and reliability of the Death Anxiety Scale in Brazil. The following instruments were used for data...
This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) in a Brazilian sample. We analyzed spiritual well-being, defined as existential well-being (EWB) and religious well-being (RWB), among individuals with varying religious and spiritual experiences, both users and non-users of psychedelics. The online cross-sectional survey was conducted in Brazil, from...
Objetivo. A Ayahuasca, administrada em forma de chá, é resultado da cocção entre Banisteriopsis caapi e Psychotria viridis para fins religiosos, tendo ação psicoativa. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar quantitativamente corpos celulares no córtex cerebral de camundongos sob o uso do extrato de Ayahuasca. Método. Foram utilizados 15 camundongos, divididos em três grupos: grupo controle...
Objective. Ayahuasca, administered as infusion (tea), is the result of Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis boiling for religious rites, and has psychoactive action. This study aimed to quantify the number of neuron cell bodies of cerebral cortex in mice under the use of Ayahuasca extract. Method. 15 mice were divided into 3 groups: G1 (control), treated with saline solution for 15...