Communalistic use of psychoactive plants as a bridge between traditional healing practices and Western medicine: A new path for the Global Mental Health …

G Ona, A Berrada, JC Bouso - Transcultural Psychiatry, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The Global Mental Health (GMH) movement aims to provide urgently needed treatment to
those with mental illness, especially in low-and middle-income countries. Due to the …

Assessing potential of psilocybin for depressive disorders

Z Kozak, MW Johnson, ST Aaronson - Expert Opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction There has been increasing interest in the role psilocybin may play in the
treatment of depressive disorders. Several clinical trials have shown psilocybin to have …

Catalysts for change: the cellular neurobiology of psychedelics

MI Banks, Z Zahid, NT Jones, ZW Sultan… - Molecular biology of …, 2021 - Am Soc Cell Biol
The resurgence of interest in the therapeutic potential of psychedelics for treating psychiatric
disorders has rekindled efforts to elucidate their mechanism of action. In this Perspective, we …

Naturalistic use of psychedelics is related to emotional reactivity and self-consciousness: The mediating role of ego-dissolution and mystical experiences

P Orłowski, A Ruban, J Szczypiński… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Psychedelics are able to acutely alter emotional reactivity and self-
consciousness. However, whether the regular naturalistic use of psychedelics can be linked …

Effects of psychedelic use on racial trauma symptoms and ethnic identity among Asians in North America

THW Ching, AK Davis, Y Xin… - Journal of psychoactive …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
There is a need to understand ways in which Asians in North America attempt to heal from
racial trauma, given their well-documented high risk of exposure and associated adverse …

The future of the international drug control system and national drug prohibitions

W Hall - Addiction, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A major impediment to any nation abandoning the policy of drug prohibition has been the
fact that international drug treaties to which the majority of United Nations (UN) member …

Entheogens and psychedelics in Canada: Proposal for a new paradigm.

J Rochester, A Vallely, P Grof, MT Williams… - Canadian Psychology …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Après des années d'interdiction, les recherches scientifiques et universitaires sur les
drogues psychodysleptiques ont repris en Occident. Parallèlement, on permet aux cliniciens …

The development of psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression: an update

A Borissova, JJ Rucker - BJPsych Bulletin, 2024 - cambridge.org
Psilocybin is a classic psychedelic drug that has attracted increasing research interest over
the past 10 years as a possible treatment for mood, anxiety and related conditions. Initial …

Unraveling the In Vitro Toxicity Profile of Psychedelic 2C Phenethylamines and Their N-Benzylphenethylamine (NBOMe) Analogues

D Martins, E Gil-Martins, F Cagide, C da Fonseca… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mescaline derivative (2C phenethylamines) drugs have been modified by the introduction of
a N-2-methoxybenzyl group to originate a new series of compounds with recognized and …

Racial/ethnic differences in prevalence of hallucinogen use by age cohort: Findings from the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

ZW Jahn, J Lopez, S De La Salle, S Faber… - Journal of …, 2021 - akjournals.com
Background Few studies have assessed the epidemiology of hallucinogenic substance use
among racial and ethnic groups of varying age cohorts. Use of psychedelic substances may …