This study is an interdisciplinary research into Uruguayan ayahuasca users belonging to one neo-shamanic and one Santo Daime group. The study involved the chemical analysis of ayahuasca samples, an ethnographic description of the two traditions and rituals, and the application of psychometric scales to measure personality differences, and the acute psychological effects during an ayahuasca...
Recently, the Amazonian plant medicine "ayahuasca"-containing the psychedelic compound N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and numerous β-carboline alkaloids, such as harmine-has been suggested to exhibit beneficial effects in patients with affective and other mental health disorders. Although ayahuasca ingestion is considered safe, its pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and tolerability profile pose...
Ayahuasca has a variety of traditional uses, yet there is a growing global interest in its potential therapeutic benefits for mental health conditions. Novel approaches to psychotherapy are emerging to address the needs of ayahuasca users to prepare as well as to guide them in 'integrating' their powerful psychedelic experiences, yet there is little discussion on the ethical frameworks that may...
There is growing scientific evidence for the therapeutic benefits of the Amazonian plant-based psychedelic "ayahuasca" for neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety. However, there are certain challenges when incorporating botanical ayahuasca into biomedical research and clinical therapy environments. Formulations inspired by ayahuasca, which contain specific and standardized...
Research, Society and DevelopmentDecember 19, 2022Thalyta Mariany Rêgo Lopes Ueno, Naelly Gonçalves Do Nascimento, Marisa Melo de Souza et al.
O estudo tem como objetivo identificar pesquisas na área da saúde sobre o uso da ayahuasca relacionadas ao contexto religioso, no período de 2017 a 2021. Pesquisa descritiva, do tipo Revisão Integrativa da Literatura (RIL). Como critério de inclusão utilizou-se artigos disponíveis no idioma português, inglês e espanhol, artigos completos e que estivessem entre os anos de 2017 a 2021. As bases...
Ayahuasca is a blend of Amazonian plants that has been used for traditional medicine by the inhabitants of this region for hundreds of years. Furthermore, this plant has been demonstrated to be a viable therapy for a variety of neurological and mental diseases. EEG experiments have found specific brain regions that changed significantly due to ayahuasca. Here, we used an EEG dataset to...
Revista interdisciplinar em saúdeDecember 7, 2022Mariana Beatriz Gomes de Abreu, Yuri Oliveira Barreto, Pedro José Targino Ribeiro et al.
Introdução: A depressão é um transtorno mental com grande chance de ser a principal causa de incapacidade e desgaste mental em âmbito mundial até a previsão máxima em 2030 e estima-se que cerca de 5,8% da população brasileira já seja acometida pela mesma. Uma vez que a Depressão acarreta uma série de efeitos nocivos ao ser humano, como baixa autoestima, por exemplo, a intervenção farmacológica...
Introduction The understanding of biological responses to psychedelics with antidepressant potential is imperative. Here we report how a set of acute parameters, namely emotional (depressive symptoms), cognitive (psychedelic experience), and physiological (salivary cortisol), recorded during an ayahuasca dosing session, modulated serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), serum cortisol...