A Single Dose Of Ayahuasca Modulates Salivary Cortisol In Treatment-Resistant Depression
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) January 31, 2018 Ana Cecília de Menezes Galvão, Raíssa Nóbrega de Almeida, Erick Allan Dos Santos Silva et al. 5 citations preprint
ABSTRACT Major depression is a highly prevalent mood disorder, affecting about 350 million people, and around 30% of the patients are resistant to currently available antidepressant medications. Recent evidence from a randomized placebo-controlled trial supports the rapid antidepressant effects of the psychedelic ayahuasca in treatment-resistant depression. The aim of this study was to explore...