Does ayahuasca have an effect on one's personality? Researchers have discovered that it may increase openness and decrease neuroticism.

This article summarizes psychiatric and neuroscientific findings on the similarities between psychedelic and psychiatric hallucinations.

Dr.’s Aryan Sarparast, Chris Stauffer, Kelan Thomas, and Benjamin Malcolm, recently published the first systematic review of drug interactions between psychiatric medications and psychedelics: “Drug-drug interactions between psychiatric medications and MDMA or psilocybin: A systematic review.” In this article, the authors offer a synopsis of their systematic review.

Since the middle of the 90s, there has been a renewed interest in the possible positive effects of many different plants and substances such...

This articles highlights conservation issues around Tabernanthe iboga, sacred plant medicine of the Bwiti and a common source of ibogaine used in the treatment of addictions.

How can the use of psychedelic and sacred plants help alleviate human suffering? What are the barriers to such “plant medicines,” like ayahuasca, becoming...

Dr. Salvador Roquet was a Mexican pioneer in psychedelic psychotherapy. He began his medical career in the field of public health and later became...

What is the connection between ayahuasca and epigenetics? In this study, the researchers explored whether ayahuasca could be used as a treatment for developmental trauma.

When someone is diagnosed with a severe, life-threatening illness, the affected individual may begin to ask several existential questions. The author, Lucas Maia, PhD, summarizes his findings from his doctoral thesis which studied the ritual use of ayahuasca and its therapeutic potential for those facing and fearing death.

Simon Ruffell, et.al. provide a systematic review of the pharmacological interaction of chemical compounds in ayahuasca. The researchers wanted to better understand which chemicals in ayahuasca are required to achieve positive outcomes, questions remain regarding which components are essential, how they interact, and what happens if they are removed.