Revista de Psiquiatría del uruguay
July 1, 2026
María M. Penengo, Marta Vázquez, Laura Ramos et al.
página 48|Revista de Psiquiatría del Uruguay|Volumen 90 Nº 1 Julio 2026| Psicodélicos en psiquiatría: un modelo multidimensional para el análisis...Resumo Nos últimos anos, o renovado interesse pelo uso medicinal dos psicodélicos adquiriu um caráter hipermidiatizado, estendendo sua presença de contextos clínicos e rituais tradicionais para cenários mais amplos, nos quais os objetivos...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
March 30, 2026
Ismael Apud, Juan Scuro, Frank Lozano Jara et al.
Abstract Background This study presents the qualitative findings of interdisciplinary research exploring ayahuasca-induced experiences in two distinct groups in Uruguay: a neo-shamanic group rooted in the Peruvian vegetalismo tradition and a Santo Daime Church. Aims Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, the study examines similarities and differences in subjective experiences during a...
Social Compass
December 1, 2024
Juan Scuro
3 citations
This article traces the trajectories of psilocybin and ayahuasca in the context of the psychedelic renaissance. The bibliometric analysis reveals that academic publications on psilocybin fall primarily into the medical and scientific areas, whereas those devoted to ayahuasca derive mainly from humanities and social sciences. Second, the article argues that psilocybin and ayahuasca use is...
Anthropology of Consciousness
November 10, 2024
Juan Scuro, Ismael Apud, Víctor T. Pérez Martínez
3 citations
Abstract Ayahuasca is a psychedelic beverage from the Amazon rainforest, used in spiritual and religious settings for medical purposes. Since the 1990s onwards, several religious and neo‐shamanic groups have been using it in Uruguay within the psychospiritual networks. Some participants go to rituals of ayahuasca looking for therapeutic alternatives to certain ailments, such as substance use...
Ciencias Sociales y Religión
December 19, 2023
Juan Scuro
1 citation
Se muestra una revisión de investigaciones sobre adicciones. Se consideró especialmente la producción de literatura latinoamericana, donde las adicciones son abordadas desde perspectivas teórico-metodológicas que incluyen análisis provenientes de: ciencias sociales de la religión; etnografías sobre drogas; antropología médica. Particularmente, se profundiza en los modelos de tratamiento de las...
February 27, 2023
Juan Scuro, Ismael Apud, Sebastián Torterola
Ayahuasca appeared in Uruguay in the 1990s through different groups such as Santo Daime church and different neo-shamanic and holistic centers. Since then, different legal cases and public discussions arose, in a debate where drug policies and religious rights were involved. The current chapter describes and analyzes some cases that recently emerged in the public scenario. First, we will...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
2023
Ismael Apud, Juan Scuro, Luisina Rodríguez et al.
4 citations
This study is an interdisciplinary research into Uruguayan ayahuasca users belonging to one neo-shamanic and one Santo Daime group. The study involved the chemical analysis of ayahuasca samples, an ethnographic description of the two traditions and rituals, and the application of psychometric scales to measure personality differences, and the acute psychological effects during an ayahuasca...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
September 2, 2022
Ismael Apud, Juan Scuro, Ignacio Carrera et al.
6 citations
Abstract Background Ayahuasca's psychological and subjective effects were compared in rituals of two neoshamanic groups in Uruguay. Aims Compare, describe and analyze psychological effects and subjective experiences of ayahuasca ceremonies in two different groups: a psychospiritual holistic center, and a center specialized in substance use disorder's treatment. Methods A mixed...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
May 4, 2022
Ismael Apud, Juan Scuro, Ignacio Carrera et al.
14 citations
The current article presents a mixed qualitative-quantitative observational study of the effect of ayahuasca ritual on subjective experiences and personality traits on participants of a center specialized in the treatment of substance use disorder in Uruguay. When comparing the psychological traits of ayahuasca participants to a control group, quantitative results using the...
Salud Colectiva
August 19, 2020
David Pere Martínez Oró, Ismael Apud, Juan Scuro et al.
12 citations
This article analyzes the use of science as a political tool in prohibitionist logic, adopting an externalist perspective. Prohibitionism strives to have its political-moral precepts be considered scientific, that is, the result of an ideologically neutral research process. The article analyzes the case of cannabis and psychedelics to show how prohibitionism has only resorted to "science" to...
Fermentario
June 6, 2018
Juan Scuro
3 citations
Se problematiza la idea de laicidad a partir de los usos de enteógenos o plantas sagradas, como la ayahuasca. Se analiza el caso de una retención de ayahuasca (brebaje psicoactivo de origen amazónico) ocurrida en 2009 en la Aduana del Chuy, proveniente de Brasil, dirigida a una iglesia del Santo Daime en Uruguay, pero que no alcanzó aun su destino luego de la intervención de la justicia y el...
February 15, 2018
Juan Scuro
10 citations
Since the 1990s, three major (neo)shamanic linages associated with sacred plants use have arrived in Uruguay. Each one comes from a particular Latin American national context: Brazil and its ayahuasca religions, Peru and vegetalismo, Mexico and the Red Path. In what way do these practices and discourses develop in a Latin American country imagined as "white," "without indigenous people," and...