Mental health and Ayahuasca
General Mental health and Ayahuasca
The following scientific, medical and general research links relate to Ayahuasca usage with a large variety of mental health issues, such as sleep disorders, ADHD, Obsessive compulsive behaviour as well as Neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s. There is also a large selection of medical papers that discuss what happens in the brain when Ayahuasca is ingested.
http://www.psychointegrator.com/
The Power To Heal. April 26th, 2010 by fernando.
http://www.erowid.org/library/books/visionary_vine.shtml
Visionary Vine. Hallucinogenic Healing in the Peruvian Amazon.
http://www.ayahuasca.com/science/the-scientific-investigation-of-ayahuasca-a-review-of-past-and-current-research/
The Scientific Investigation of Ayahuasca – A Review of Past and Current Research. Dennis J McKenna, PhD — Heffter Research Institute. J C Callaway, PhD — Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kuopio, Finland. Charles S Grob MD –Heffter Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center.
http://www.cee.unifesp.br/southamerican_plants.pdf
Use of South American plants for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Eliana Rodrigues1 and E. A. Carlini2.
http://wiki.dmt-nexus.com/w/images/9/9b/Ayahuasca_first_time_psychological_after_effects.pdf
Altered States of Consciousness and Psychological After-Effects Induced by the First Time Ritual Use of Ayahuasca in an Urban Context in Brazil. Paulo Cesar et al.
http://www.neurosoup.com/articles/_notes/palliativecarejournalsessa.pdf
Can psychedelic drugs play a role in palliative care?
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6864125/Plants-and-the-Central-Nervous-System-2003-Pharmacology-Biochemistry-and-Behavior
Plants and the Central Nervous System. E.A. Carlini. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2003.
http://www.tesisenxarxa.net/TESIS_UAB/AVAILABLE/TDX-0701104-165104//jr5de6.pdf
Effects of the South American psychoactive beverage Ayahuasca on regional brain electrical activity in humans. Jordi Riba, et al.
http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-06/ayahuasca-healing-journey-into-the-amazon.html
Ayahuasca Healing Journey – Into the Amazon. By: John Gamble.
http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-06/ayahuasca-healing-journey-%E2%80%93-into-the-amazon-part-ii.html
Ayahuasca Healing Journey – Into the Amazon – Part II. By: John Gamble. This is Part 2 continuing John Gamble’s Ayahuasca Healing Journey – Into the Amazon.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2723893
A modern-day shamanistic healer in the Peruvian Amazon: pharmacopoeia and trance. Dobkin de Rios M. J Psychoactive Drugs. 1989 Jan-Mar;21(1):91-9.
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/ayahuasca/ayahuasca_journal1.shtml
Human Psychopharmacology of Hoasca: a plant hallucinogen used in ritual context in Brazil. Grob CS, McKenna DJ, Callaway JC, Brito GS, Oberlaender G, Saide OL, Labigalini E, Tacla C, Miranda CT, Strassman RJ, Boone KB. Feb 1996;184(2):86-94. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders.
http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2007/12/new-studies-of-psychedelics/
New Studies of Psychedelics Sunday, Dec 30th, 2007 Research Studies, Sacred Plants.
http://openpdf.com/ebook/ayahuasca-pdf.html
Effects of ayahuasca on sensory and sensorimotor gating in humans. by J Riba - 2002. Ayahuasca Research - MAPS. HUMAN PHARMACOLOGY OF AYAHUASCA. Therapeutic Potential of Ayahuasca: how it works, an overview of. 10. The Scientific Investigation of Ayahuasca: A Review of Past by DJ McKenna - 1998.
http://www.mppt.hu/pdf/0802_ESET1.pdf
AYAHUASCA VERSUS VIOLENCE – A CASE REPORT EDE FRECSKA National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest, Hungary.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19999673
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2009 Sep;41(3):205-12. A six-month prospective evaluation of personality traits, psychiatric symptoms and quality of life in ayahuasca-naïve subjects. Barbosa PC, Cazorla IM, Giglio JS, Strassman R. Departamento de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
http://wiki.dmt-nexus.com/w/images/d/d3/Ayahuasca_in_adolescence_psychiatric_evaluation.pdf
Ayahuasca in Adolescence: A Preliminary Psychiatric Assessment. Dartiu Xavier Da Silveira, M.D., Ph.D.; Charles S. Grob, M.D.; Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D.; Enrique Lopez, Psy.D.; Luisa K. Alonso, Ph.D.; et al. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 129 Volume 37 (2), June 2005.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/00177314x5326n07/fulltext.pdf
Increased frontal and paralimbic activation following ayahuasca, the pan-amazonian inebriant. Jordi Riba . Sergio Romero . Eva Grasa . Esther Mena . Ignasi Carrió . Manel J. Barbanoj. Psychopharmacology (2006) 186: 93–98.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/y5q8605810v415j3/fulltext.pdf
Platelet serotonin uptake sites increased in drinkers of ayahuasca. James C Callaway 1,2., Mauno M Airaksinen l, Dennis J McKenna 3, Glacus S Brito 4, Charles S Grob 5. Psychopharmacology (1994) 116:385-387.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20219660
J Ethnopharmacol. 2010 Apr 21;128(3):662-71. Epub 2010 Feb 26. Composition, standardization and chemical profiling of Banisteriopsis caapi, a plant for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders relevant to Parkinson's disease. Wang YH, Samoylenko V, Tekwani BL, Khan IA, Miller LS, Chaurasiya ND, Rahman MM, Tripathi LM, Khan SI, Joshi VC, Wigger FT, Muhammad I. National Center for Natural Products Research, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA.
http://wiki.dmt-nexus.com/w/images/7/70/Psychointegrators_multidisciplinary_approach.pdf
Psychointegrators: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Therapeutic Effects of n Hallucinogens Michael Winkelman Complementary Health Practice Review 2001; 6; 219.
http://www.ayahuasca.com/science/neip%c2%b4s-site-publishes-phd-thesis-on-ayahuasca-therapy/
Neips Site Publishes Phd Thesis on Ayahuasca therapy.
http://csp.org/chrestomathy/heffter_review.html
Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments An Entheogen Chrestomathy. Thomas B. Roberts, Ph.D. and Paula Jo Hruby, Ed.D. Heffter Review of Psychedelic Research. (1998). Vol. 1. Santa Fe NM: The Heffter Research Institute.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=psychedelic-healing
Psychedelic Healing? ( Preview ). Hallucinogenic drugs, which blew minds in the 1960s, soon may be used to treat mental ailments By David Jay Brown .