Ayahuasca improves emotion dysregulation in a community sample and in individuals with borderline-like traits
| Autor: | Marta Valle, Juan C. Pascual, Matilde Elices, Jordi Riba, Alba Franquesa, Joaquim Soler, Enric Álvarez, Elisabet Domínguez-Clavé |
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| Přispěvatelé: | RS: FPN NPPP II, Section Psychopharmacology |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adult
Male HUMAN PHARMACOLOGY mindfulness Mindfulness EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Psychological intervention Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire BEHAVIOR-THERAPY SKILLS Emotional dysregulation altered states psychometric properties VALIDATION Self-Control 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans RECURRENT DEPRESSION MCLEAN SCREENING INSTRUMENT Meditation Borderline personality disorder media_common Pharmacology personality-disorder Banisteriopsis Ayahuasca Awareness Middle Aged medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry Female Observational study Plant Preparations Self Report Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY r-IIB SANT PAU. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Sant Pau instname Psychopharmacology, 236(2), 573-580. Springer |
| ISSN: | 1432-2072 0033-3158 |
| Popis: | BackgroundResearch suggests that mindfulness-based interventions may improve mindfulness-related capacities (e.g., decentering, non-judging, and non-reacting) and emotion regulation. Previously, our group reported that ayahuasca could be a potential analogue of mindfulness practice. The main aim of the current study was to examine the effects of ayahuasca on emotional regulation and mindfulness-related capacities. Secondarily, we sought to explore the effects of ayahuasca on individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) traits.MethodThis is an observational study of 45 volunteers who participated in an ayahuasca session. The volunteers completed various self-report instruments designed to measure emotional dysregulation (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)) and mindfulness traits (Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)-Short Form and Experiences Questionnaire (EQ)) prior to and 24h after the ayahuasca session. The volunteers were divided into two subgroups based on their score on the McLean Screening Instrument for BPD (MSI-BPD). Twelve participants were grouped into the BPD-like traits subgroup while the rest of them were included in the non-BPD-like subgroup. We performed within-subjects and between-group analyses.ResultsOverall, the participants showed significant improvements on the FFMQ subscales observing, acting with awareness, non-judging, and non-reacting and also significantly improved on decentering (EQ scale) and on the DERS subscales emotional non-acceptance, emotional interference, and lack of control. The BPD-like subgroup also showed significant improvements on the DERS subscales emotional interference and lack of control but not in mindfulness capacities.ConclusionsThese findings suggest a potential therapeutic effect for ayahuasca in emotion regulation and mindfulness capacities (including decentering, acceptance, awareness, and sensitivity to meditation practice). Based on these results, we believe that ayahuasca therapy could be of value in clinical populations, such as individuals with BPD, affected by emotion dysregulation. |
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