Adverse effects of ayahuasca: Results from the Global Ayahuasca Survey.
PLOS Global Public Health, 2022 IntroductionAyahuasca is a plant-based decoction native to Amazonia, where it has a long history of use in traditional medicine. Contemporary ritual use of ayahuasca has been expanding throughout the world for mental health purposes, and for spiritual ...
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Personality, psychopathology, life attitudes and neuropsychological performance among ritual users of Ayahuasca: a longitudinal study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Ayahuasca is an Amazonian psychoactive plant beverage containing the serotonergic 5-HT(2A) agonist N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and monoamine oxidase-inhibiting alkaloids (harmine, harmaline and tetrahydroharmine) that render it orally active.
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The therapeutic potentials of ayahuasca: possible effects against various diseases of civilization [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2016 Ayahuasca is an Amazonian psychoactive brew of two main components. Its active agents are β-carboline and tryptamine derivatives. As a sacrament, ayahuasca is still a central element of many healing ceremonies in the Amazon Basin and its ritual ...
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Embracing change: impermanence acceptance mediates differences in death processing between long-term ayahuasca users and non-users. [PDF]
Psychopharmacology (Berl)The human psyche's interaction with death fundamentally shapes cognition, emotions, and behavior in both individuals and society. Death-related psychological phenomena have been shown to be influenced by psychedelic interventions. However, the literature
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Long-Term Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes Associated with Naturalistic Ayahuasca Consumption. [PDF]
J Psychoactive DrugsThe durability of ayahuasca's effects on mental health and the influence of clinical diagnoses on therapeutic response is unclear. Adults with no prior exposure to ayahuasca (n = 66) participating in neo-shamanic ayahuasca ceremonies completed ...
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The psychedelic state induced by ayahuasca modulates the activity and connectivity of the default mode network. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The experiences induced by psychedelics share a wide variety of subjective features, related to the complex changes in perception and cognition induced by this class of drugs.
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Ayahuasca: A review of historical, pharmacological, and therapeutic aspects
PCN Reports, 2023 Ayahuasca is a psychedelic plant brew originating from the Amazon rainforest. It is formed from two basic components, the Banisteriopsis caapi vine and a plant containing the potent psychedelic dimethyltryptamine (DMT), usually Psychotria viridis.
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Ayahuasca drinking using a two-bottle choice procedure in male mice
Scientific ReportsAyahuasca has been proposed as a treatment for substance use disorders. However, because of its hallucinogenic properties, studies investigating its abuse potential are needed.
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 Ayahuasca is a psychoactive Amazonian plant brew. It is usually made from the Banisteriopsis caapi vine (Spruce ex Griseb. Morton, Malpighiaceae), which contains three primary harmala alkaloids, along with the leaves of Psychotria viridis (Ruiz et Pavon,
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A prospective ecological momentary assessment study of an ayahuasca retreat: exploring the salutary impact of acute psychedelic experiences on subacute affect and mindfulness skills in daily life. [PDF]
Psychopharmacology (Berl)To examine the acute effects of ayahuasca use and their relationship to sub-acute changes in affect and mindfulness in a non-clinical sample, addressing the need for a better understanding of ayahuasca’s immediate and short-term impacts as interest in ...
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