Cortisol Modulation by Ayahuasca in Patients With Treatment Resistant Depression and Healthy Controls

Cortisol Modulation by Ayahuasca in Patients With Treatment Resistant Depression and Healthy Controls

Major depression is a highly prevalent mood disorder, affecting about 350 million people, and around 30% of the patients are resistant to currently available antidepressant medications. Recent evidence from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) supports the rapid antidepressant effects of the psychede...

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Main Authors: Ana C. de Menezes Galvão, Raíssa N. de Almeida, Erick A. dos Santos Silva, Fúlvio A. M. Freire, Fernanda Palhano-Fontes, Heloisa Onias, Emerson Arcoverde, João P. Maia-de-Oliveira, Dráulio B. de Araújo, Bruno Lobão-Soares, Nicole L. Galvão-Coelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
ayahuasca
awakening salivary cortisol
plasma cortisol
treatment-resistant depression
hypocortisolemia
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00185/full

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