Ayahuasca and Public Health: Health Status, Psychosocial Well-Being, Lifestyle, and Coping Strategies in a Large Sample of Ritual Ayahuasca Users.

abstract：:Addictive disorders are one of the most common problems encountered by primary care physicians. In the last decades there has been a significant effort by organizations, universities, and private foundations to increase the teaching of alcohol and drug abuse issues to medical students, residents and practitioners. Sti...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Sandlow LJ,Dos Santos SR

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabis is generally used to enhance mood (quality of life), but it is not known whether it has this effect in the medium to longer term. Little is currently known about the temporal sequence between cannabis use and the quality of life (QOL). Data are taken from a prospective longitudinal study of pregnant women rec...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Fischer JA,Clavarino AM,Plotnikova M,Najman JM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, ketamine is the only legal psychedelic medicine available to mental health providers for the treatment of emotional suffering. Over the past several years, ketamine has come into psychiatric use as an intervention for treatment resistant depression (TRD), administered intravenously without a psychotherapeut...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Dore J,Turnipseed B,Dwyer S,Turnipseed A,Andries J,Ascani G,Monnette C,Huidekoper A,Strauss N,Wolfson P

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of both prescription and nonprescription drugs has been reported to affect human sexual functioning. While the sexual side effects resulting from drug use have often been attributed to adrenergic, anticholinergic or dopaminergic activity, the present review considers the potential role of serotonin. Based...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Meston CM,Gorzalka BB

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central nervous system rewarding properties of ethanol, cocaine, and heroin may activate a common catecholaminergic reward system in the mesolimbic circuitry of the brain. Driving-under-the-influence (DUI) offenders with either alcohol- or cocaine-related problems were studied. The neuronutrients SAAVE and Tropami...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Brown RJ,Blum K,Trachtenberg MC

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient-reported toxicity of an overdose of intravenous methamphetamine is described. The authors report the case of a 34-year old man who inadvertently injected himself with approximately 2.3 grams of methamphetamine. The patient reported disorientation, hallucinations, hyperthermia, photophobia, orthostasis and ...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Buffum JC,Shulgin AT

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a long history of extravagant claims followed by sobering discomfirmations, advocates of controlled drinking continue to promote nonabstinent treatment goals and procedures for alcoholics. Recent claims by Stanton Peele in favor of controlled drinking are examined critically in the context of a continuing deba...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Wallace J

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2000, the voters of California approved the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), mandating that substance-abusing offenders who met the eligibility criteria receive treatment and not jail time. In preparation for implementation, the Santa Clara County Department of Alcohol and Drug Services Research In...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Wiley D,Beattie M,Nguyen H,Puckett K,Banerjee K,Poon W

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Men can present unique challenges when they come voluntarily or involuntarily to substance abuse groups. Twelve considerations are offered for working with men that include understanding the context of masculinity, how men are socialized, the gender of the therapist, their relationships with their fathers and their ch...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Greif GL

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initiation of the first methadone maintenance treatment program (MMT) in Macao was founded in collaboration between MMT clinics in the USA and Israel. All patients admitted into treatment between October 2005 and October 2008 were prospectively followed through March 2010. Of the 163 patients, 81% were male, the m...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Adelson M,Wilson HW,Celeste VY,Linzy S,Kreek MJ,Peles E

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports on the results observed in a series of focus groups and in-depth interviews with injection drug users (IDUs) and drug dealers in Odessa, Ukraine. Ukraine has the highest rate of HIV infection in Eastern as well as Western Europe, and Odessa ranks among the cities in that country with the highest s...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Booth RE,Kennedy J,Brewster T,Semerik O

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Aztecs in pre-Columbian Mexico used not only a large number of single hallucinogens, they also used some combinations. The present article describes reports of the use of teotlaqualli, an unction prepared from ololiuhqui and picietl, with a large number of additions. The work of the chroniclers of pre-Columbian Me...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Elferink JG

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are negative effects to inappropriate use of benzodiazepines, yet the percentage of young people in Ireland experimenting with benzodiazepines has increased. There is a paucity of research about why Irish young people misuse benzodiazepines. In this study, people between 18 and 25 years attending substance misus...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Murphy KD,Lambert S,McCarthy S,Sahm LJ,Byrne S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalant use is a serious global problem with consequences equal to or surpassing those of other drugs. Regrettably, few prior studies have examined inhalant users' patterns of service and treatment utilization. The purpose of this study is to identify factors associated with service use and barriers to treatment amon...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Perron BE,Mowbray O,Bier S,Vaughn MG,Krentzman A,Howard MO

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug testing at work is rapidly becoming the standard in the United States. For drug testing to fulfill its promise as a vital part of the effort to end the drug abuse epidemic, it is essential that the tests be reliable so that people who are not using drugs are not falsely accused and that legitimate medical use of ...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： DuPont RL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study examined QEEG power and coherence of ayahuasca experiences with two experienced participants in a Brazilian jungle setting. An exploratory case series design was adopted for naturalistic field research. EEGs recorded during visual imagery was compared to eyes-closed baselines. The most important find...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Stuckey DE,Lawson R,Luna LE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study examined the association between support and comfort derived from religion or spirituality and abstinence from illicit drugs in a sample of 43 HIV-positive injection drug users entering a methadone maintenance program. Patients with high ratings of perceived spiritual or religious support were abstin...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Avants SK,Warburton LA,Margolin A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of factors that coalesced in the Venus figurines of the Late Neolithic culture from Hungary have been identified with dominant hallucinatory themes, suggesting the crucial role of ecstatic religion in this culture. This article provides a review of the nature and role of hallucinogens in the ecstatic religion...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Stahl PW

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study arose out of a prominent clinical need: effective treatment for comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder (SUD) in civilian men. This dual diagnosis is estimated to occur in up to 38% of men in substance abuse treatment, and generally portends a more severe clinical course tha...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Najavits LM,Schmitz M,Gotthardt S,Weiss RD

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the characteristics and treatment outcomes of rural adolescents with urban adolescents in substance abuse treatment programs in CSAT's Strengthening Communities for Youth (SCY) initiative. Using data from ten SCY programs nationally, the authors classified adolescents as rural or urban using Rural-...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Hall JA,Smith DC,Easton SD,An H,Williams JK,Godley SH,Jang M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood maltreatment and alcohol problems are common among young adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, little is known about the degree to which maltreatment and alcohol problems are associated; potential pertinent mediating or moderating mechanisms, such as emotional lability; and wh...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Bunford N,Wymbs BT,Dawson AE,Shorey RC

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance abuse is a growing issue among adolescents. While not every adolescent who struggles with this issue seeks treatment, those who do frequently fail to complete treatment or tend to relapse following treatment. To improve adolescent treatments for substance abuse issues it is important to understand adolescent...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Harris N,Brazeau JN,Clarkson A,Brownlee K,Rawana EP

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study surveyed 422 individuals being treated in a substance abuse treatment program that offers various levels of care in order to learn about OxyContin use among this population. Focus areas included exposure and use of OxyContin, how this medication was obtained, reasons for initial use, and whether users of Ox...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Levy MS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research studies that collect biological measures of drug use have traditionally utilized laboratory urinalysis. Several recent studies have also documented the utility of laboratory oral fluid (OF) analysis. A new method of drug testing-instant OF technology--may offer a quicker, equally accurate alternative to labor...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Yacoubian GS Jr,Wish ED

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate whether patients experiencing both a major psychiatric disorder and a concurrent substance abuse problem (dual diagnosis) manifest greater neuropsychological dysfunctions than patients experiencing a major psychiatric disorder alone. Differences in diagnostic variability an...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Oepen G,Levy M,Saemann R,Harrington A,Handren M,Pinnone L,Pollen L,Ellison J,Boshes R

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practice of injecting shared drugs, in which drug users prepare, divide and inject portions of a drug solution, is a means of transmitting HIV, HCV, and other blood-borne pathogens. This study examined the process of injecting shared drugs among drug users in San Juan, Puerto Rico, through detailed observations of...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Finlinson HA,Colón HM,López MS,Robles RR,Cant JG

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methadone maintenance has been used for decades to treat opioid-dependent pregnant women. The outcomes of pregnancies thus treated are vastly improved over the outcomes of pregnancies complicated by street drug use. Despite its long history of successful use during pregnancy, little is known about the long-term effect...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Jarvis MA,Schnoll SH

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-one subjects who used ayahuasca at least once in North America answered a lengthy set of open-ended questions and completed the 81-item After the Spiritual Experience Questionnaire. An additional 50 ayahuasca users were interviewed in person. The data for this study represent ayahuasca experience based on more ...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Harris R,Gurel L

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the effectiveness of two visual representation counseling techniques for reducing illicit drug use, participants were randomly assigned to receive standard treatment "as usual" or standard treatment supplemented with free mapping or free plus guide mapping. Each counselor delivered all types of treatment to...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Czuchry M,Newbern-McFarland D,Dansereau DF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic random sample of 267 patients who were involved in outpatient detoxification was surveyed. Their records were evaluated, and the demographics, psychiatric diagnoses, and type(s) of substance of abuse of each patient were recorded. The results indicated that there was a significant relationship between an ...

journal_title：Journal of psychoactive drugs

authors： Scorzelli JF,Chaudhry SZ

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00