The treatment and handling of substance dependence with ayahuasca: Reflections on current and future research

Ayahuasca, ritual and religion in brazil

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 205-227

  Labate, Beatriz Caiuby ^a   dos Santos, Rafael Guimarães ^b   Anderson, Brian ^c   Mercante, Marcelo ^d   Barbosa, Paulo César Ribeiro ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UniCEUB   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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