Ayahuasca Use In Cross-Cultural Perspective

Table of Contents

Volume 37, Number 2

June 2005

Editors’ Introduction: Ayahuasca Use in Cross-Cultural Perspective —  Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D. & Charles S. Grob, M.D.

Ayahuasca in Adolescence: A Neuropsychological Assessment —  Evelyn Doering-Silveira, M.Sc.; Enrique Lopez, Psy.D.; Charles S. Grob, M.D.;  Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D.; Luisa K. Alonso, Ph.D.; Cristiane Tacla, Psy.;  Itiro Shirakawa, M.D., Ph.D.; Paulo H. Bertolucci, M.D., Ph.D. & Dartiu X. Da Silveira, M.D.

Ayahuasca in Adolescence: A Preliminary Psychiatric Assessment — Dartiu Xavier Da Silveira, M.D., Ph.D.; Charles S. Grob, M.D.; Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D.;  Enrique Lopez, Psy.D.; Luisa K. Alonso, Ph.D.; Cristiane Tacla, Psy. & Evelyn Doering-Silveira, M.Sc.       

Ayahuasca in Adolescence: Qualitative Results — Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D.; Charles S. Grob, M.D.; Enrique Lopez, Psy.D.;  Dartiu Xavier da Silviera, M.D., Ph.D.; Luisa K. Alonso, Ph.D.; Evelyn Doering-Silveira, M.Sc.

Report on Psychoactive Drug Use Among Adolescents Using Ayahuasca Within a Religious Context   —  Evelyn Doering-Silveira, M.Sc.; Charles S. Grob, M.D.; Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D.; Enrique Lopez, Psy.D.;  Luisa K. Alonso, Ph.D.; Cristiane Tacla, Psy.  & Dartiu Xavier Da Silveira, M.D., Ph.D.

Phytochemical Analyses of Banisteriopsis Caapi and Psychotria Viridis  —J.C. Callaway, Ph.D.; Glacus S. Brito, M.D. & Edison S. Neves, M.D.

Various Alkaloid Profiles in Decoctions of Banisteriopsis Caapi  —J.C. Callaway, Ph.D.

Fast and Slow Metabolizers of Hoasca  —J.C. Callaway, Ph.D.

EEG Gamma Coherence and Other Correlates of Subjective Reports During Ayahuasca Experiences   — David E. Stuckey, Psy.D.;  Robert Lawson, M.S. & Luis Eduardo Luna, Ph.D.

Psychedelic Sacraments — John R. Baker, Dr.Phil

Interview with Jeffrey Bronfman, Representative Mestre for the Uniβo do Vegetal Church in the United States —  Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D. & Charles S. Grob, M.D.

Altered States of Consciousness and Short-Term Psychological After-Effects Induced by the First Time Ritual Use of Ayahuasca in an Urban Context in Brazil —  Paulo Cesar Ribeiro Barbosa, M.Sc; Joel Sales Giglio M.D., Ph.D. & Paulo Dalgalarrondo M.D., Ph.D.

Interview with Guillermo Arrιvalo, a Shipibo Urban Shaman, by Roger Rumrrill —  Translated and Edited by Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D.

Drug Tourism or Spiritual Healing? Ayahuasca Seekers in Amazonia —  Michael Winkelman Ph.D., M.P.H.

Bringing Ayahuasca to the Clinical Research Laboratory — Jordi Riba, Ph.D. & Manel J. Barbanoj, M.D., Ph.D.

Ayahuasca and Human Destiny —  Dennis J. McKenna, Ph.D.

 BOOK REVIEWS

LSD, Spirituality and the Creative Process  — Reviewed by David E. Smith, M.D.

O Uso Ritual da Ayahuasca  — Reviewed by Christian Frenopoulo, M.A.(c)

COVER ART — Aspen Couple by Jerry Downs