Ayahuasca in adolescence: A preliminary psychiatric assessment

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dc.contributor.authorDa Silveira, D. X.
dc.contributor.authorGrob, Charles S.
dc.contributor.authorRios, Marlene Dobkin de
dc.contributor.authorLopez, Enrique
dc.contributor.authorAlonso, Luisa K.
dc.contributor.authorTacla, Cristiane
dc.contributor.authorDoering-Silveira, Evelyn
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.contributor.institutionHarbor UCLA Med Ctr
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Calif Irvine
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Calif Los Angeles
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de Brasília (UnB)
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-15T18:11:01Z
dc.date.available2018-06-15T18:11:01Z
dc.date.issued2005-06-01
dc.description.abstractAyahuasca is believed to be harmless for those (including adolescents) drinking it within a religious setting. Nevertheless controlled studies on the mental/ psychiatric status of ritual hallucinogenic ayahuasca concoction consumers are still lacking. In this study, 40 adolescents from a Brazilian ayahuasca sect were compared with 40 controls matched on sex, age, and educational background for psychiatric symptomatology. Screening scales for depression, anxiety, alcohol consumption patterns (abuse), attentional problems, and body dysmorphic disorders were used. It was found that, compared to controls, considerable lower frequencies of positive scoring for anxiety, body dismorphism, and attentional problems were detected among ayahuasca-using adolescents despite overall similar psychopathological profiles displayed by both study groups. Low frequencies of psychiatric symptoms detected among adolescents consuming ayahuasca within a religious context may reflect a protective effect due to their religious affiliation. However further studies on the possible interference of other variables in the outcome are necessary.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Psychiat, PROAD, Addict Unit, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationHarbor UCLA Med Ctr, Div Child & Adolescent Psychiat, Torrance, CA 90509 USA
dc.description.affiliationUniv Calif Irvine, Dept Psychiat & Human Behav, Irvine, CA 92717 USA
dc.description.affiliationUniv Calif Los Angeles, David Geffen Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Los Angeles, CA USA
dc.description.affiliationUniv Brasilia, Grad Sch, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Psychiat, PROAD, Addict Unit, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent129-133
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2005.10399792
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Psychoactive Drugs. San Francisco: Haight-ashbury Publ, v. 37, n. 2, p. 129-133, 2005.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02791072.2005.10399792
dc.identifier.issn0279-1072
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/44596
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000230715700003
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHaight-ashbury Publ
dc.relation.ispartofJournal Of Psychoactive Drugs
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectadolescenceen
dc.subjectayahuascaen
dc.subjecthallucinogenen
dc.subjectpsychopathologyen
dc.subjectreligionen
dc.subjectscalesen
dc.titleAyahuasca in adolescence: A preliminary psychiatric assessmenten
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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