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Gary Bravo

5 papers in the library · 230 citations · publishing 1989-2022

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Ketamine for Bipolar Depression: Biochemical, Psychotherapeutic, and Psychedelic Approaches

Frontiers in Psychiatry May 23, 2022 Raquel Bennett, Christian Yavorsky, Gary Bravo 12 citations

Bipolar disorder (type 1) is a serious and chronic psychiatric illness that can be difficult to treat. Many bipolar patients have refractory depressive episodes. Racemic ketamine, a glutamate modulator with prominent dissociate and psychedelic properties, has been demonstrated to have rapid acting antidepressant and anti-obsessional effects which may be useful for treating the symptoms of...

Do Drugs Have Religious Import? A 40-Year Retrospective

Journal of Humanistic Psychology April 1, 2004 Huston Smith, Charles S. Grob, Robert L. Jesse et al. 29 citations

Four decades ago, Huston Smith published one of the mostinfluential articles ever written on psychedelics, titled “Do Drugs HaveReligious Import?” As part of “The Oral History of PsychedelicResearch Project,” he was interviewed and invited to revisit thistopic. The interview covers his personal experiences, as well as the influences of psychedelic experiences on religious traditions...

Phenomenology and Sequelae of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Use

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease June 1, 1992 Mitchell B. Liester, Charles S. Grob, Gary Bravo et al. 130 citations

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) has been at the center of a debate over its potential benefits as an adjunct to psychotherapy versus its capability for neurotoxic effects and is currently classified as a Schedule 1 drug by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). However, as yet, there is very little methodological data on the subjective experience of the MDMA-induced state or its...

Shamans, Sacraments, and Psychiatrists

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 1989 Gary Bravo, Charles S. Grob 38 citations

This article reviews the role of psychedelic drugs as potential tools for psychiatric research and practice. The decline in the utilization of these substances is linked to social reactions, which led to psychedelics being scheduled as controlled substances and consequently unavailable for human research. Three different paradigms for the use of psychedelics in psychiatry are reviewed: the...