Autor segons l'article: Ona G; Berrada A; Bouso JC
Departament: Psicologia
Autor/s de la URV: Oña Esteve, Genís
Paraules clau: Psychoactive drugs Psychiatry Psychedelic drugs Psilocybin Peyote use Neurotrophic factor Mood disorders Mental health Life-threatening cancer Global mental health Depression Community Ayahuasca Anxiety
Resum: The Global Mental Health (GMH) movement aims to provide urgently needed treatment to those with mental illness, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Due to the complexity of providing mental health services to people from various cultures, there is much debate among GMH advocates regarding the best way to proceed. While biomedical interventions offer some degree of help, complementary approaches should focus on the social/community aspects. Many cultures conduct traditional rituals involving the communal use of psychoactive plants. We propose that these practices should be respected, protected, and promoted as valuable tools with regard to mental health care at the community level. The traditional use of psychoactive plants promotes community engagement and participation, and they are relatively affordable. Furthermore, the worldviews and meaning-making systems of local population are respected. The medical systems surrounding the use of psychoactive plants can be explained in biomedical terms, and many recently published clinical trials have demonstrated their therapeutic potential. Psychoactive plants and associated rituals offer potential benefits as complementary aspects of mental health services. They should be considered as such by international practitioners and advocates of the GMH movement.
Àrees temàtiques: Saúde coletiva Psychiatry and mental health Psychiatry Psicología Medicina ii Medicina i Health (social science) Ciencias sociales Antropología Anthropology
Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: genis.ona@urv.cat genis.ona@urv.cat
Data d'alta del registre: 2024-09-07
Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referència a l'article segons font original: Transcultural Psychiatry.
Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Ona G; Berrada A; Bouso JC (2022). Communalistic use of psychoactive plants as a bridge between traditional healing practices and Western medicine: A new path for the Global Mental Health movement. Transcultural Psychiatry, (), -. DOI: 10.1177/13634615211038416
Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Any de publicació de la revista: 2022
Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications