Swaziland Mescaline Retreat

20/09/2022

https://mindbetter.com/default-mode-network-psychedelics/

The default mode network (DMN) helps define your sense of self. But what happens to the DMN when you take psychedelics?

20/09/2022

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41596-022-00737-z

Little is known about the brain mechanisms of hallucinations. This protocol describes the use of a robotic device and sensorimotor method to reproducibly induce and measure presence hallucinations by behavioral assay and fMRI.

18/09/2022

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://www.uptodate.com/contents/cocaine-use-disorder-in-adults-epidemiology-clinical-features-and-diagnosis&hl=en&sa=X&d=13802477258865621220&ei=ZHolY7WkMbLGsQKUpYXgBw&scisig=AAGBfm3ewygl-0d4QRoh3kAKeqv2G4oHXw&oi=scholaralrt&hist=lD_gKJsAAAAJ:9504091448781865761:AAGBfm12as33jL-tGoM5Yw2ZBzjtic5meg&html=&pos=2&folt=cit

17/09/2022

https://psychedelics.ucsf.edu/blog/ethics-psychedelic-assisted-therapy

A recent study of two independent cohorts taking psychedelics in two very different settings found consistent results: psychedelics have the potential to alter metaphysical beliefs [1]. Metaphysical beliefs are our ideas about the fundamental nature of reality, consciousness, and free will. They sha...

10/09/2022

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1064748122005012

Psychedelics and related compounds have shown efficacy for the treatment of a variety of conditions that are prevalent among older adults, including m…

10/09/2022

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853222000499

Information on time trends in use of different plant-based hallucinogens is lacking. The current study used nationally representative U.S. data to ass…

08/09/2022

https://www.imrpress.com/journal/JIN/21/5/10.31083/j.jin2105148/htm

Here we present a complex hypothesis about the psychosomatic mechanism of serotonergic psychedelics. Serotonergic psychedelics affect gut microbes that produce a temporary increase of 5-HT by their host enterochromaffin cells (ECs). This increased 5-HT production—which is taken up and distributed ...

08/09/2022

https://www.jaadcasereports.org/article/S2352-5126(22)00341-1/pdf

08/09/2022

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cpb/70/9/70_c22-00441/_html/-char/ja

A number of alkaloids found in Mitragyna species belonging to the Rubiaceae family have been shown to have potent biological activity such as analgesi …

08/09/2022

https://ascpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13722-022-00329-y

Background Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUDs) often co-occur in adolescent patients. Previous research has shown that these patients differ from SUD patients without PTSD in terms of their substance use patterns. In this study, we aimed to test whether substance...

08/09/2022

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/adb.13229

25/08/2022

Psilocybin and other serotonergic psychedelics have re-emerged as therapeutics for neuropsychiatric disorders, including addiction. Psilocybin induces long-lasting effects on behavior, likely due to its profound ability to alter consciousness and augment neural connectivity and plasticity. Impaired....

23/08/2022

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.2022.2112788

This study sought to investigate the effects of different substances on nature relatedness (NR) in the general population. An online cross-sectional survey done in Brazil investigated use of ayahua...

23/08/2022

https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/aop/article-10.1556-2054.2022.00203/article-10.1556-2054.2022.00203.xml

Abstract Empirical research supports the use of psychoactive drugs to augment psychotherapy for the treatment of mental illness. The use of such drugs, however, is still resisted by many in the medical community and this transfers to resistance in the wider community. The stigma of controversy surro...

23/08/2022

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028390822002799

New medicines containing classic hallucinogenic and entactogenic psychedelic substance are under development for various psychiatric and neurological …