EXPANSÃO GLOBAL DA AYAHUASCA E SAÚDE MENTAL
Interações - cultura e comunidade June 23, 2026 Leonardo Tondato Mello, Kemily Bakri Ottoni, Janaína Liz Aquino
The global expansion of ayahuasca carries both creative and destructive potential for mental health, depending on the historical and social context of Indigenous peoples' exclusion and marginalization since the colonial period. Ongoing studies of ayahuasca's therapeutic effects indicate that proper management and interdisciplinary collaboration between ancestral knowledge and Western psychology/psychiatry are essential. The article concludes that a fair and respectful exchange with Indigenous knowledge is necessary to avoid predatory appropriation.