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Flávia S. Da Silva

1 paper in the library · 46 citations · publishing 2018

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Acute effects of ayahuasca in a juvenile non-human primate model of depression

Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry November 21, 2018 Flávia S. Da Silva, Erick Allan Dos Santos Silva, Geovan Menezes de Sousa et al. 46 citations

OBJECTIVE: The incidence rate of major depression in adolescents reaches approximately 14%. This disorder is usually recurrent, without remission of symptoms even after pharmacological treatment, and persists throughout adult life. Since the effects of antidepressants take approximately 2 weeks to begin, new pharmacological therapies are under continuous exploration. Recent evidence suggests...