Revista Contemporânea
April 17, 2023
João Moreno Vilas Boas
A Ayahuasca é uma poderosa bebida psicoativa que tem sido usada há séculos por comunidades indígenas na América do Sul para fins espirituais e medicinais. A bebida é feita fervendo o cipó da ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi) e as folhas da planta chacrona (Psychotria viridis), criando uma potente experiência psicadélica que pode durar várias horas. Nos últimos anos, tem havido um interesse...
Tomo
April 14, 2023
Andréa Depieri de Albuquerque Reginato
A partir do debate da questão do uso da ayahuasca para fins religiosos, este artigo apresenta e discute os diferentes padrões de normatização adotados nos últimos 20 anos no Brasil, com destaque para o debate em torno da criminalização. A sociedade pós-industrial e a condição pós-moderna aparecem como pano de fundo frente aos dilemas que a questão suscita.
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
April 13, 2023
Robson Savoldi, Antônio Roazzi, Rita Clara de Oliveira Sales
6 citations
Mystical and even ego-dissolution experiences can be elicited from entheogens, like sacred potions of ayahuasca and jurema. Although composed of dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and having met at a historical moment, ayahuasca and jurema have different rituals, symbolic references, and origins. This article aims to describe ayahuasca and jurema rituals, in psychometric measures of mysticism and...
Ciencia Latina Revista Científica Multidisciplinar
April 11, 2023
Franklin Andrés Álvarez Cortez, Daicy Paola Arias Salazar
En la actualidad el uso excesivo de antidepresivos de origen químico en el Ecuador ha aumentado en los últimos años, con el tiempo el abuso de antidepresivos, bloquea la acción del neurotransmisor que es el responsable de mantener en equilibrio el estado de ánimo (serotonina), ocasionando en las personas altos niveles de depresión y ansiedad, derrames o lesiones cerebrales, pérdida de memoria e...
Politics, Religion & Ideology
April 3, 2023
Stefano Bigliardi
2 citations
Santo Daime is a religious movement that originated in the nineteenth century in Brazil. It blends shamanic practices, Christianity, and other traditions. Daimistas drink ayahuasca, a mind-altering...
Journal of personality disorders
April 1, 2023
Brandon Weiss, Chelsea Sleep, Joshua D. Miller et al.
15 citations
Changes in narcissistic traits (e.g., entitlement) following the ceremonial use of ayahuasca were examined across three timepoints (baseline, postretreat, 3-month follow-up) in a sample of 314 adults using self- and informant-report (N = 110) measures. Following ceremonial use of ayahuasca, self-reported changes in narcissism were observed (i.e., decreases in Narcissistic Personality Inventory...
Estudos Interdisciplinares em Psicologia
March 30, 2023
Lucas Daniel Dos Santos, Wallisten Passos Garcia
O aumento de casos de depressão na população mundial leva ao questionamento sobre a eficácia dos tratamentos farmacológicos e fomenta a busca por tratamentos alternativos. Estudos a respeito da ayahuasca e seus efeitos na depressão vêm sendo realizados. Por meio de uma revisão integrativa, a partir da questão norteadora: “Quais são os efeitos da ayahuasca em indivíduos com depressão?”, neste...
Psychoactives
March 20, 2023
Guilherme Henrique de Morais Santos, Lucas Silva Rodrigues, Juliana Mendes Rocha et al.
6 citations
Background: Ayahuasca is a serotoninergic hallucinogen that plays a central role in the Amazonian traditional medicine. Its psychoactive effects are associated with the presence of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO-A). Advances in neuroimaging investigations have provided insight into ayahuasca’s neurobiological mechanisms of action. Methods: Selecting only...
March 10, 2023
Mika Turkia
1 citation
preprint
Ayahuasca is a plant-based brew of indigenous Amazonian origin. It has psychedelic, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, cytotoxic, and anti-parasitic effects, which are primarily due to monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) and N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT). This article describes the case of a woman in her late thirties with complex trauma due to severe, years-long sexual abuse in early...
Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
March 2, 2023
Atsuko Kawakami, Masako Suzuki
1 citation
Abstract Ayahuasca is a hallucinogenic plant used throughout South America for religious, cultural and healing ceremonies. Previous studies have analysed it as a therapy method from either the microperspective, such as physiological and psychological effects of substance use, or the macroperspective, such as legal issues or cultural appropriation of ayahuasca by Westerners. There is a need to...