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September 3, 2026
Christian Ghasarian
Cette communication traite des représentations, discours et pratiques liés à l’absorption de plantes psychotropes, initialement employées dans les contextes shamaniques à travers le monde et désormais réappropriées dans le cadre d’une quête de soi dans les sociétés post-industrielles. Après un bref retour sur les circonstances socioculturelles et les raisons individuelles de ces investissements...
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
July 1, 2020
Ilana Berlowitz, Heinrich Walt, Christian Ghasarian et al.
19 citations
Our results suggest that the Amazonian medicine-based therapy attracts a diverse patient group not limited to regional residents and may be particularly appealing to more impaired SUD patients with a history of unsuccessful treatment. The sample's cultural diversity suggests an existing interest in such therapies among international SUD treatment-seeking patients. These findings are relevant in...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
2019
Ilana Berlowitz, Heinrich Walt, Christian Ghasarian et al.
70 citations
Chronic illness management today commonly involves alternative medicines. Substance use disorder (SUD), as a chronic psychosomatic illness, might benefit from a similar approach. The accredited Takiwasi Center offers such an SUD treatment program involving Amazonian medicine combined with psychotherapy. The current study assessed this integrative program's short-term therapeutic effects. We...
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
December 16, 2017
Ilana Berlowitz, Christian Ghasarian, Heinrich Walt et al.
39 citations
OBJECTIVE: The harmful use of psychoactive substances represents one of today's largest public health problems. Yet, in spite of its global relevance, current treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs) is still not entirely successful. The purpose of this study was to investigate alternative treatments and conceptions from traditional Amazonian medicine adapted to SUDs. METHODS: We conducted...
Drogues santé et société
November 13, 2017
Christian Ghasarian
2 citations
Cet article traite des représentations, discours et pratiques liés à quelques plantes psychotropes initialement employées dans les contextes shamaniques à travers le monde et désormais réappropriées dans le cadre d’une quête de soi. Après un bref retour sur les circonstances socioculturelles et les raisons individuelles de ces investissements dans les sociétés postindustrielles (reconnexion...