Frontiers in Psychiatry
2021
Georgios Mikellides, Panayiota Michael, Lilia Psalta et al.
17 citations
Depression is a common mental disorder that affects many people worldwide, while a significant proportion of patients remain non-responsive to antidepressant medications. Alternative treatment options such as ketamine therapy and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) therapy are offered nowadays. This study aims to describe and compare the acute antidepressive efficacy of both,...
Libro Comunicaciones
2021
- Objetivos: Ayahuasca es una bebida compuesta por Banisteriopsis caapi, rica en β-carbolinas (harmina, tetrahidroharmina y harmalina) y Psychotria viridis, rica en dimetiltriptamina (DMT). β-carbolinas funcionan como inhibidores reversibles de la enzima monoaminooxidasa A, involucrada en la inhibición del metabolismo de DMT. DMT es un agonista parcial de los receptores de serotonina con...
Revista de Ciências Farmacêutica Básica e Aplicadas - RCFBA
2021
Arilton Martins Fonseca, Eliana Rodrigues
Objectives: The objectives of this study were (a) to describe the history of the formation of the Centro Luz Divina (CLD), Piedade, São Paulo, (b) to describe the plants and recipes involved in making ayahuasca, and (c) to provide information for future chemical and pharmacological studies of ayahuasca. Methods: During the 578 hours of fieldwork between 2017 and 2019, 10 interviewees were...
FOCUS: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry
2021
Collin Reiff, Elon E. Richman, Charles B. Nemeroff et al.
17 citations
Objective: The authors provide an evidenced-based summary of the literature on the clinical application of psychedelic drugs in psychiatric disorders. Methods: Searches of PubMed and PsycINFO via Ovid were conducted for articles in English, in peer-reviewed journals, reporting on “psilocybin,” “lysergic acid diethylamide,” “LSD,” “ayahuasca,” “3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine,” and “MDMA,” in...
Dissent
2021
Sophie Pinkham
1 citation
The Problem of Pain Sophie Pinkham (bio) White Market Drugs: Big Pharma and the Hidden History of Addiction in America by David Herzberg University of Chicago Press, 2020, 400 pp. Click for larger view View full resolution A worker removes the Sackler name from a building at Tufts University in 2019. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) [End Page 130] Reams have been written about...
Current Psychiatry
2021
Brian Holoyda
1 citation
M r.P, age 65, has a history of major depressive disorder (MDD), gen- eralized anxiety disorder, and social phobia.Mr. P's personality is high in neuroticism and he has often responded to new situations with feelings of impending doom.For him, fear, anxious rumination, helplessness, and catastrophizing are familiar mental processes.When he was in his 30s, Mr. P had a severe major depressive...
Brazilian Journal of Development
2021
Vagner Fagnani Linartevichi, Matheus Gonzales Froza, Rafael de Morais Cury et al.
4 citations
A depressão, ou Distúrbio Depressivo Maior (DDM), é uma enfermidade que acomete cerca de 322 milhões de pessoas e pode ser debilitante, havendo uma grande demanda para tratamentos eficazes no manejo desta doença. O presente estudo teve por objetivo organizar uma revisão de artigos publicados acerca do uso do composto psilocibina, a fim de averiguar seu potencial terapêutico no tratamento de...
Bioengineered
2021
William E. Gibbons, Madeline G. Mckinney, Philip J. O’dell et al.
8 citations
Psilocybin, a drug most commonly recognized as a recreational psychedelic, is quickly gaining attention as a promising therapy for an expanding range of neurological conditions, including depression, anxiety, and addiction. This growing interest has led to many recent advancements in psilocybin synthesis strategies, including multiple in vivo fermentation-based approaches catalyzed by...
Frontiers in Psychology
2021
Felicity Maria Simpson, Gemma Perry, William Forde Thompson
26 citations
The ancient practice of chanting typically takes place within a community as a part of a live ceremony or ritual. Research suggests that chanting leads to improved mood, reduced stress, and increased wellbeing. During the global pandemic, many chanting practices were moved online in order to adhere to social distancing recommendations. However, it is unclear whether the benefits of live...
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
2021
Jason G Ellis, Joseph De Koninck, Célyne Bastien
27 citations
Objectives/Background: Despite Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) being considered the first-line treatment for insomnia, it is not without its challenges. As such it is worthwhile to consider, and test, alternative or adjuvant management options. Methods/Participants: The aim of the present study was to examine whether Lucid Dreaming Training for insomnia (LDT-I) impacted on...