PsicumexJune 1, 2024Andrea Herrera Solís, Jacqueline Cortés Morelos, Alejandra E. Ruiz Contreras et al.
Los enteógenos han surgido en la investigación clínica como un tratamiento alternativo para la Depresión Resistente al Tratamiento (DRT). Tienen efectos antidepresivos rápidos y duraderos, son ansiolíticos, y mitigan la ideación suicida. Además, inducen emociones positivas y provocan experiencias místicas o espirituales, atributos que pueden contribuir a su eficacia terapéutica, dada la...
According to the opponent-process theory of drug addiction, the intake of an addictive substance initiates two processes: a rapid primary process that results in the drug's rewarding effects, and a slower opponent process that leads to the aversive motivational state of drug aftereffects. This aversive state is integral in the desire, pursuit, and maintenance of drug use, potentially leading to...
Endocannabinoids (eCBs) are endogenous neuromodulators of synaptic transmission. Their dysfunction may cause debilitating disorders of diverse clinical manifestation. For example, drug addiction, lack of sex desire, eating disorders, such as anorexia or bulimia and dyssomnias. eCBs also participate in the regulation of core temperature and pain perception. In this context, it is important to...