A six-month prospective evaluation of personality traits, psychiatric symptoms and quality of life in Ayahuasca-Naïve Subjects

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-212

  Barbosa, Paulo Cesar Ribeiro ^a   Cazorla, Irene Maurício ^a   Giglio, Joel Sales ^b   Strassman, Rick Strassman ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ayahuasca; Mental health; Psychometric; Religion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OPTIMISM; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 71049147200     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2009.10400530     Document Type: Article

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