Tracing somatic therapies

Davis, Sophia

doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(21)00086-9

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“…Such effects are consistent with the new wave of somatic-based psychological therapies ( Davis, 2021 ) and are of relevance for various psychiatric disorders, including addiction ( Paulus et al, 2013 ), depression ( Wiebking et al, 2015 ), PTSD ( Reinhardt et al, 2020 ), and childhood trauma ( Schaan et al, 2019 ), where impaired interoceptive processing and anterior insula function, have been identified.…”

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Psychotherapeutic and neurobiological processes associated with ayahuasca: A proposed model and implications for therapeutic use

Perkins

Ruffell

Day³

et al. 2023

Front. Neurosci.

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Ayahuasca is a psychoactive Amazonian plant brew. It is usually made from the Banisteriopsis caapi vine (Spruce ex Griseb. Morton, Malpighiaceae), which contains three primary harmala alkaloids, along with the leaves of Psychotria viridis (Ruiz et Pavon, Rubiaceae) in which the potent psychedelic dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is found. DMT-harmaloid concoctions have gained popularity in recent years, due to growing anecdotal and scientific reports of therapeutic benefits associated with their consumption. Ayahuasca is now ingested in a variety of different settings across the globe, from traditional ethnobotanical to so called “neo-shamanic” ceremonies. Furthermore, related preparations involving alternative sources of DMT and harmala alkaloids are becoming increasingly common as knowledge of ayahuasca continues to spread internationally. This article reviews the existing literature and draws on original qualitative data from a large cross-sectional study of ayahuasca drinkers, to propose a model of psychotherapeutic processes associated with the consumption of ayahuasca. We assert that it is these processes, facilitated by a range of neurobiological effects, that lead to beneficial mental health and wellbeing outcomes. Our proposed model identifies five key psychotherapeutic processes or effects inherent to the ayahuasca experience; somatic effects; introspection and emotional processing; increased Self-connection; increased spiritual connection, and finally the gaining of insights and new perspectives. We note some important differences in these processes compared with other classic psychedelics as well as the implications of the model for the therapeutic use of ayahuasca. Improved understanding of the psychotherapeutic processes involved with the ayahuasca experience will better equip practitioners to work with this potentially transformative concoction and enable the optimization of therapeutic treatment models for potential clinical use.

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Psychotherapeutic and neurobiological processes associated with ayahuasca: A proposed model and implications for therapeutic use

Perkins

Ruffell

Day³

et al. 2023

Front. Neurosci.

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“…Such effects are consistent with the new wave of somatic-based psychological therapies (Davis 2021) and are of relevance for various psychiatric disorders, including addiction (Paulus, Stewart et al 2013), depression (Wiebking, de Greck et al 2015), PTSD (Reinhardt, Zerubavel et al 2020), and childhood trauma (Schaan, Schulz et al 2019), where impaired interoceptive processing and anterior insula function, have been identified.…”

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Psychotherapeutic and neurobiological processes associated with ayahuasca’s mental health and wellbeing outcomes: a proposed model and implications for therapeutic use

Perkins¹,

Ruffell²,

Day³

et al. 2022

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Ayahuasca is a psychoactive Amazonian plant brew. It is usually made from the Banisteriopsis caapi vine, which contains three primary harmala alkaloids, along with the leaves of Psychotria viridis in which the potent psychedelic dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is found. DMT-harmaloid concoctions have gained popularity in recent years, due to growing anecdotal and scientific reports of therapeutic benefits associated with their consumption. Ayahuasca is now ingested in a variety of different settings across the globe, from traditional ethnobotanical to so called “neo-shamanic” ceremonies. Furthermore, related preparations involving alternative sources of DMT and harmala alkaloids are becoming increasingly common as knowledge of ayahuasca continues to spread internationally. This paper reviews the existing literature and original qualitative data from the largest cross-sectional study of ayahuasca drinkers undertaken to date, the Global Ayahuasca Project, to proposes a model of psychotherapeutic processes associated with the consumption of ayahuasca. We assert that it is these processes, facilitated by a range of neurobiological effects, that lead to beneficial mental health and wellbeing outcomes. Our proposed model identifies five key psychotherapeutic processes inherent to the ayahuasca experience; somatic effects; introspection and emotional processing; increased Self-connection, value, and love; increased spiritual connection, and finally the gaining of insights and new perspectives. We note some important differences in these processes compared with other classic psychedelics as well as the implications of the model for the therapeutic use of ayahuasca. Improved understanding of the psychotherapeutic processes involved with the ayahuasca experience will better equip practitioners to work with this potentially transformative concoction and enable the optimisation of therapeutic treatment models for potential clinical use.

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“…Our findings establish the clinical relevance of brain networks coupling to the myoelectrical activity of the stomach. This finding contributes significantly to multidisciplinary research on brain-body interaction and opens new avenues for therapeutic, diagnostic, and classification strategies in mental health 56 .…”

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Increased stomach-brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of negative mental health symptoms

Banellis,

Rebollo,

Nikolova

et al. 2024

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Visceral rhythms orchestrate the physiological states underlying human emotion. Chronic aberrations in these brain-body interactions are implicated in a broad spectrum of mental health disorders. However, the specific contributions of the gastric-brain coupling to affective symptoms remain poorly understood. We investigated the relationship between this novel interoceptive axis and mental health symptoms in 243 participants, using a cross validated machine learning approach. We find that frontal parietal brain coupling to the gastric rhythm indexes a dimensional signature of mental health spanning anxiety, depression, stress, and well-being. Control analyses confirm the specificity of these interactions to the gastric-brain axis. Our study establishes coupling between the stomach and brain as a factor in the pathology of mental health, and offers new targets for interventions remediating aberrant brain-body coupling.

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Tracing somatic therapies

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Psychotherapeutic and neurobiological processes associated with ayahuasca: A proposed model and implications for therapeutic use

Psychotherapeutic and neurobiological processes associated with ayahuasca: A proposed model and implications for therapeutic use

Psychotherapeutic and neurobiological processes associated with ayahuasca’s mental health and wellbeing outcomes: a proposed model and implications for therapeutic use

Increased stomach-brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of negative mental health symptoms

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