Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
January 2020
Rafael Guimarães Dos Santos, Jaime Eduardo Cecilio Hallak
Serotoninergic hallucinogens include drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and psilocybin. Recent trials with single/few doses of these compounds show that they induce rapid and sustained antidepressive, anxiolytic, and antiaddictive effects. These effects are also observed in religious groups using the DMT-containing brew ayahuasca. The agonist action of...
2020
Miroslav Horák, Elizabeth Mateos Segovia, Slavia Salinas
Este artículo se enfoca en viajes organizados desde la República Checa hasta la Amazonía con el propósito de participar en ceremonias de ayahuasca.La ayahuasca es una preparación psicoactiva que actualmente se utiliza principalmente para el desarrollo personal y la curación de ciertos padecimientos.El objetivo principal de este artículo es descubrir qué motiva a los turistas checos a visitar la...
The journal of psychedelic psychiatry
2020
George T Naratadam, Jason Narikkattu, Safeer Shah
Historical evidence has shown the potential efficacy of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of psychiatric diseases. Reporting psychedelic drug experiences in biomedical academic literature is critical to the progress of psychedelic psychiatry research and the potential implementation of psychedelics as therapeutics. Ayahuasca is a plant-based compound with hallucinogenic properties used by...
PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDIES - Revista da Abordagem Gestáltica
2020
Jaqueline Tavares de Assisi, Maria Inês Gandolfo Conceicao
Ayahuasca is a psychoactive drink of Amazonian origin prepared from vine known as jagube and/or mariri (Banisteriopsis caapi) and chacrona bush (Psychotria viridis). Its cultural and ritualistic use have been recognized from millennia by indigenous ethnic groups in the Western Amazon and gained worldwide influence in the 1980s through the expansion of it religious use. In the biomedical field,...
Libro Comunicaciones
2020
R. Pinilla, Psicologa Clara Rodriguez, Diana Batet et al.
Objetivo: Exponer los potenciales beneficios terapéuticos del uso de ayahuasca, desde la neurofarmacología y la evidencia clínica existente hasta el momento. Material y métodos: Se realizó una revisión de la literatura en las bases de datos pubmed, clinical key y textos de difusión científica. Resultados y conclusiones: Existe literatura acerca del potencial uso terapéutico del ayahuasca en...
PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDIES - Revista da Abordagem Gestáltica
2020
Everton de Oliveira Maraldi
2 citations
The present study explored the phenomenological characteristics of anomalous experiences (AEs) reported during Umbanda rituals, a mediumistic Brazilian religion, with the aim of comparing AEs reported during rituals involving the use of Ayahuasca (an entheogen frequently used in some Umbanda contexts) and rituals without the use of this substance. In order to do so, we compared individuals with...
Mundo Amazónico
2020
Jimmy Weiskopf
1 citation
This is the final episode of a three-part story about a visit to Iquitos at the time of the new millennium by the narrator, who lives in Colombia and has been drinking yajé (ayahuasca) with its indigenous shamans. For a book he is writing about the subject, decides to investigate its uses in Iquitos, where his host and guide to the rituals there is “Zappa”, an American expatriate who exports...
Publicacions URV eBooks
2020
Ismael Eduardo Apud Peláez
11 citations
This book summarizes Ismael Apud's ethnographic research in the field of ayahuasca, conducted in Latin America and Catalonia over a period of 10 years. To analyze the variety of ayahuasca spiritual practices and beliefs, the author combines different approaches, including medical anthropology, cognitive science of religion, history of science, and religious studies. Ismael Apud is a...
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)
2020
Uthaug Malin Vedøy
1 citation
The research summarized in this doctoral dissertation sought to investigate the effects of both ayahuasca and 5-MeO-DMT on mental health-related variables such as affect (depression, anxiety and stress), mindfulness related capacities (observing, describing, awareness, non-judgement, and non-reactance), empathy, creativity, and subjective well-being. The main objective motivating this...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
2020
Helle Kaasik, Kairi Kreegipuu
31 citations
The study aims to describe ayahuasca users in Estonia and compare their mental health and quality of life to those of nonusers. Ceremonial practices, motivation for ayahuasca use, use-related experiences, and subjective consequences of use are described. We conducted a cross-sectional case-controlled study of thirty ayahuasca users and thirty nonusers matched by gender, age, and education. The...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
2020
Ismael Eduardo Apud Peláez
22 citations
Ayahuasca is a psychoactive brew that contains N,N-dimethyltryptamine and monoamine oxidase-inhibiting alkaloids. It is originally from the Amazon rainforest, but since the 1990s it has expanded worldwide. The compound is used in different religious, spiritual, and therapeutic settings. One of its common applications is for the treatment of addiction. The current study is an assessment of the...