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[ICEERS] Scientific Study: Ayahuasca Options
 
Vodsel
#1 Posted : 7/27/2013 2:50:57 PM

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Source: ICEERS
Publication Date: July 26th, 2013

Longitudinal Study on Mental Health and Quality of Life of Novel Ayahuasca Users

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Motivation of the study

Recent observational studies have shown that prolonged use of ayahuasca (a minimum of 15 years) does not cause adverse effects on the mental health. However, it is unknown if psychiatric pathologies occur in people that abandon the use of ayahuasca. Little is known about why people usually initiate the use of ayahuasca, why they interrupt their participation in ayahuasca sessions and whether their experiences were useful in regards to the intention of their use.

Objectives

- Assessing personality characteristics of people who start drinking ayahuasca.
- To evaluate the presence of psychopathology in people who start drinking ayahuasca.
- To keep track of the people that have initiated themselves in the use of ayahuasca.
- Assess changes in personality throughout the assessments.
- Knowing the reasons why people take ayahuasca and assess their perceived effectiveness.

Methodology

For this study we will recruit a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 100 adult volunteers, of both sexes, assess their intentions and the context of use, such as ayahuasca churches, shamanic ceremonies or therapeutic contexts.

We will track the participants over a 3-year period, in which we will assess personality, psychopathology and quality of life before drinking and at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years and 3 years after their first session.

Expected benefits of the study

- Progress in the scientific understanding of the therapeutic potential of ayahuasca, as well as the psychopathological risks associated with their use
- Gain knowledge that can help improve the preselection of people that want to drink ayahuasca.
- Understanding the reasons why ayahuasca drinkers interrupt their use, as well as the perceived benefits.


For contact, collaboration and further information please refer to the original link here.

 

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jamie
#2 Posted : 7/27/2013 6:34:48 PM

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"Little is known about why people usually initiate the use of ayahuasca, why they interrupt their participation in ayahuasca sessions and whether their experiences were useful in regards to the intention of their use."

There is one really easy way to figure that out...ask them. Humans can be so silly.

Nice study though.
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Vodsel
#3 Posted : 7/27/2013 7:26:27 PM

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jamie wrote:
"Little is known about why people usually initiate the use of ayahuasca, why they interrupt their participation in ayahuasca sessions and whether their experiences were useful in regards to the intention of their use."

There is one really easy way to figure that out...ask them. Humans can be so silly.


The writer refers to reviewed, published research. There are no long term studies conducted about those questions. There is little research data about why some ayahuasca users will stop their use in a ritual context.

The mention of these questions has to do with a previous study, made with members of Santo Daime, and signed by pretty much the same team as this one. They followed regular ayahuasca users for a long time, evaluating long-term psychological changes and potential psycho-pathologies. The results were quite positive, but one limitation remarked by the authors of the study was that they were only evaluating users that had not stopped assisting to Daime ceremonies for a long time. Hence, in the same period of time, other users might have dropped out, and since they were not there anymore when the study was made, that sample of former Daime members was missing - and their reasons for quitting unknown.

Maybe some of them quit because ayahuasca was causing them trouble or not sitting well with them. And that possibility leaves a gap in the conclusions of the first long term study. That's why now the motivation to join or quit ayahuasca groups, and the evaluation of the experience, is relevant for this research - not because the authors of the research have no idea why people take ayahuasca, but because that information has not been properly included in long term research.

I can assure you that who wrote the note knows ayahuasqueros well.
 
 
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