Os transtornos de ansiedade e a compulsão alimentar representam desafios significativos para a saúde pública global, frequentemente associados a altos índices de resistência aos tratamentos convencionais. Diante desse cenário, este estudo tem como objetivo revisar as evidências científicas sobre o uso terapêutico de plantas psicodélicas — ayahuasca, psilocibina e jurema preta — no manejo da...
Abstract: Yoga has transcended its traditional Indian roots to become a global therapeutic practice with measurable neurobiological effects. Emerging neuroscientific research demonstrates that yogic practices that comprising asana (postures), pranayama (breath regulation), and dhyana (meditation) induce structural and functional brain changes associated with improved mental health, emotional...
Introdução: O estresse crônico é um gatilho para doenças crônicas e transtornos mentais. Na Medicina do Estilo de Vida (MEV), práticas mente-corpo (mindfulness, yoga, meditação) são intervenções terapêuticas validadas com mecanismos neurobiológicos claros. Objetivos: Sintetizar as evidências de alto nível sobre a eficácia dessas práticas na redução do estresse e ansiedade em adultos, focando...
In a suburb of Vancouver, Canada, a nondescript three-story building sits alongside a strip of parking lots. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary commercial office space. But inside is something more extraordinary: rows of shelves stacked with plastic tubs full of magic mushrooms—mushrooms that contain the hallucinogenic chemical psilocybin. In a year, enough psychedelic mushrooms can be...
Frontiers in PsychologyOctober 17, 2025Michail Elpidoforou, Antonios Boultadakis, John Parissis et al.1 citation
Dance is described as a phenomenon in which the human body and its movement, that may have a symbolic or aesthetic value within a variable cultural and rhythmical context, are the primary tools for the human expression and communication under artistic, educational, training, recreational, therapeutic, religious, or other purposes (Basso et al. , 2020; Elpidoforou, 2016; Elpidoforou et al. ,...
The problem of consciousness encompasses not only the hard problem of subjective experience but also the equally challenging problem of subjective continuity—the persistence of a unique, first-person perspective across time, despite neural plasticity, metabolic turnover, and functional interruptions like sleep or anesthesia. Contemporary neuroscience has successfully identified neural...
Exogenously administered psychedelics produce both rapid and long-lasting effects on neuroplasticity and behavior, but it is currently unclear if endogenously produced psychedelics can elicit similar effects. There have been relatively few studies on the role of endogenous psychedelics in health and disease, perhaps owing to the difficulty in quantifying their levels and manipulating their...
Abstract Psychedelics, particularly psilocybin, have shown therapeutic potential across several psychiatric conditions, including depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anorexia nervosa (AN). These disorders often share social deficits that may be effectively alleviated by psychedelics considering their use has been linked with emotional empathy and enhanced social cognition....
Psychiatric illness, particularly stress-related disorders including depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder, presents a considerable health burden worldwide with high prevalence, disabling symptoms, and scant efficacy of available treatments. Chronic stress is a major contributor to the origin and development of these conditions, to the detriment of both individual and, by...
Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is a chronic, relapsing mental health condition characterized by compulsive substance use despite harmful consequences. According to the World Health Organization, in 2021, approximately 39.5 million individuals worldwide suffered from drug use disorders, contributing to an estimated 600,000 deaths annually. Moreover, current pharmacological treatment, such as...