European PsychiatryMarch 1, 2023E. Prades, A. Torres, P. Díez et al.1 citation
Introduction Ayahuasca is a traditional brew containing the psychedelic 5-DMT (a tryptamine that acts as a 5HT2A-R agonist) used to achieve non-ordinary states of consciousness, with a long tradition among various cultures in ritual and therapeutic contexts. Ayahuasca is being studied as potential treatment in Mental Health, which has led to non-controlled and recreational use. This has led to...
Abstract The physical basis of consciousness is one of the most intriguing open questions that contemporary science aims to solve. By approaching the brain as an interactive information system, complex network theory has greatly contributed to understand brain process in different states of mind. We study a non-ordinary state of mind by comparing resting-state functional brain networks of...
Abstract Decades ago, the classical psychedelics psilocybin and LSD entered the therapeutic setting and already then showed their therapeutic potential in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. For thousands of years another psychedelic, ayahuasca, is being used by tribes in western Amazonia for healing and divination, and in recent years its use has expanded worldwide. Research into the...
The articles in this issue reflect an important paradox. The ethnographic research presented in these articles suggest that consciousness is formed socially and in interaction with environmental factors and, to some extent, is a learned attribute. In that sense, it would be fluid, malleable, and processual. On the other hand, there is evidence that it has some intrinsic boundaries, such that...
February 27, 2023Emma Garrod, Katrina Blommaert2 citations
Ayahuasca has experienced a meandering legal and ethical journey in Canada. The health and spiritual benefits of this medicine are profound, yet it is paramount to consider the implications of its use in places far removed from its endemic regions. In Canada, under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA), N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and harmaline, two ingredients in ayahuasca, are both...
The shrub Tabernanthe iboga (Apocynaceae) has great ethnomedical and spiritual importance in Central Africa due to its stimulant and oneirogenic properties, which can be attributed to the presence of ibogan type alkaloids, particularly ibogaine. Several Mexican Tabernaemontana (Apocynaceae) species also produce ibogaine type alkaloids and are used in traditional medicine against dermatological...
Although results are still preliminary, ketamine and classical hallucinogens have shown promise in recent years as novel, fast-acting antidepressants, especially for the treatment of unipolar treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Depression also seems to be related to abnormal levels of peripheral inflammatory and neurotrophic biomarkers, which may one day help to diagnose of this disorder. In...
Roughly over 700 million individuals suffer from a mental illness globally. In the United States alone, over 45 million individuals are afflicted with a mental disorder at any given point in their lives. It is because of this that new methods of current therapies should be considered. To date, major depression disorder (MAD), anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are treated with...
Objective: To assess the role of psychedelics in the treatment of anxiety or depression among patients with cancer. Data Sources: PubMed search from inception to March 11, 2022, using the terms anxiety, depression, psychedelics, psilocybin, lysergic acid, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or ayahuasca. Study Selection and Data Extraction: Studies assessing patients with cancer receiving...
Tanulmányom a tanító (pszichoaktív) növények és a szakértők (pszichológusok) konfliktusának kibontásán keresztül a tudás, közvetítés különböző módozatainak ideológiai beágyazottságával, ezen keresztül világnézetek és különféle tudások konfliktusával foglalkozik, különösen a szubjektív, vizionárius tapasztalatra fókuszálva. A növények értelemszerűen nem ‘szakértőként’, tényeket és adatokat...