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Communalistic use of psychoactive plants as a bridge between traditional healing practices and Western medicine: A new path for the Global Mental Health movement

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    Identificador: imarina:9231655
    Autores:
    Ona GBerrada ABouso JC
    Resumen:
    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.
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    Autor según el artículo: Ona G; Berrada A; Bouso JC
    Departamento: Psicologia
    Autor/es de la URV: Oña Esteve, Genís
    Palabras clave: Psychoactive drugs Psychiatry Psychedelic drugs Psilocybin Peyote use Neurotrophic factor Mood disorders Mental health Life-threatening cancer Global mental health Depression Community Ayahuasca Anxiety
    Resumen: 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.
    Áreas temáticas: Saúde coletiva Psychiatry and mental health Psychiatry Psicología Medicina ii Medicina i Health (social science) Ciencias sociales Antropología Anthropology
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: genis.ona@urv.cat genis.ona@urv.cat
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-09-07
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/13634615211038416?journalCode=tpse
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Transcultural Psychiatry.
    Referencia 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
    DOI del artículo: 10.1177/13634615211038416
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2022
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    Anthropology,Health (Social Science),Psychiatry,Psychiatry and Mental Health
    Psychoactive drugs
    Psychiatry
    Psychedelic drugs
    Psilocybin
    Peyote use
    Neurotrophic factor
    Mood disorders
    Mental health
    Life-threatening cancer
    Global mental health
    Depression
    Community
    Ayahuasca
    Anxiety
    Saúde coletiva
    Psychiatry and mental health
    Psychiatry
    Psicología
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Health (social science)
    Ciencias sociales
    Antropología
    Anthropology
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