5 papers in the library · 175 citations · publishing 2010-2025
Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 2025 Elena Koning, Pedro Starzynski Bacchi, Cristiano Chaves et al.
Although each PAP model differs, both may have clinical relevance in depression treatment. Future work should explore the standardized reporting of psychological interventions in PAP and comparative study designs to better evaluate non-specific and specific models and inform treatment guidelines.
Journal of Eating Disorders December 27, 2024 Elena Koning, Cristiano Chaves, Elisa Brietzke et al. 2 citations
Eating disorders (EDs) are a group of debilitating mental illnesses characterized by maladaptive eating behaviors and severe cognitive-emotional dysfunction, directly affecting 1-3% of the population. Standard treatments are not effective in approximately one third of ED cases, representing the need for scientific advancement. There is emerging evidence for the safety and efficacy of...
Front Psychiatry November 6, 2024 Cristiano Chaves, Rafael G. Dos Santos, Serdar Dursun et al. 11 citations
"Iracema comes with the pot full of the green liquor. The shaman decrees the dreams to each warrior and distributes the wine of jurema, which carries the brave Tabajara to heaven." José de Alencar, in his poetic novel “Iracema” (1865)1. IntroductionThe "wine of jurema", used in ancient Brazilian shamanic rituals, is rich in N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a naturally occurring tryptamine like...
BMC Neuroscience March 5, 2015 Ludmyla Kandratavicius, Priscila Alves Balista, Daniele C. Wolf et al. 40 citations
BACKGROUND: Better treatments for schizophrenia are urgently needed. The therapeutic use of the nitric oxide (NO)-donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) in patients with schizophrenia has shown promising results. The role of NO in schizophrenia is still unclear, and NO modulation is unexplored in ketamine (KET) animal models to date. In the present study, we compared the behavioral effects of pre-...
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry March 1, 2010 Jaime E. C. Hallak, João Paulo Machado‐de‐Sousa, José Alexandre S. Crippa et al. 122 citations
OBJECTIVE: The last decade has seen increasing evidence of dysfunctions in the endogenous cannabinoid system in schizophrenia and of its relationship with the typical cognitive impairment of the disorder. Studies in animal models, healthy volunteers, and psychotic patients clearly suggest an antipsychotic-like effect of cannabidiol. This study investigated the effects of cannabidiol on...