Compared with 30 attendees of peer‑support groups, 30 people who had taken ayahuasca scored lower on the Present Feelings Scale of the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief and showed benefits on some psychological and interpersonal measures. Qualitative reports described emotional release, recall of biographical memories and experiences of contact with the deceased, providing preliminary evidence that ayahuasca may have therapeutic potential in grief treatment.
- Published
- Journal
- OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
- Authors
- González, D., Carvalho, M., Aixalá, M., Farré, M., Cantillo, J.