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José Carlos Bouso
Researcher at Autonomous University of Barcelona
Publications - 68
Citations - 2212
José Carlos Bouso is an academic researcher from Autonomous University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ayahuasca & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 51 publications receiving 1558 citations. Previous affiliations of José Carlos Bouso include Autonomous University of Madrid & Hospital de Sant Pau.
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Personality, psychopathology, life attitudes and neuropsychological performance among ritual users of Ayahuasca: a longitudinal study.
José Carlos Bouso,Débora González,Sabela Fondevila,Marta Cutchet,Xavier Fernández,Paulo Cesar Ribeiro Barbosa,Miguel Ángel Alcázar-Córcoles,Wladimyr Sena Araújo,Manel J. Barbanoj,Josep María Fábregas,Jordi Riba +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assessed personality, psychopathology, life attitudes and neuropsychological performance in regular ayahuasca users and non-users at baseline and 1 year later, and found no evidence of psychological maladjustment, mental health deterioration or cognitive impairment.
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Assessment of addiction severity among ritual users of ayahuasca
Josep María Fábregas,Débora González,Sabela Fondevila,Marta Cutchet,Xavier Fernández,Paulo Cesar Ribeiro Barbosa,Miguel Ángel Alcázar-Córcoles,Manel J. Barbanoj,Jordi Riba,José Carlos Bouso +9 more
TL;DR: The ritual use of ayahuasca, as assessed with the ASI in currently active users, does not appear to be associated with the deleterious psychosocial effects typically caused by other drugs of abuse.
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Pattern of use and subjective effects of Salvia divinorum among recreational users.
TL;DR: The observed simultaneous high scores on the LSD and PCAG subscales of the Addiction Research Center Inventory (ARCI) have been previously reported for other kappa-opioid agonists, and support kappa receptor activation as the probable pharmacologic mechanism underlying the modified state of awareness induced by salvia.
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Long-term use of psychedelic drugs is associated with differences in brain structure and personality in humans $
José Carlos Bouso,Fernanda Palhano-Fontes,Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells,Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells,Sidarta Ribeiro,Rafael Faria Sanches,José Alexandre de Souza Crippa,Jaime Eduardo Cecílio Hallak,Dráulio Barros de Araújo,Jordi Riba +9 more
TL;DR: Regular use of psychedelic drugs could potentially lead to structural changes in brain areas supporting attentional processes, self-referential thought, and internal mentation, as well as underlie the previously reported personality changes in long-term users.
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MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Using Low Doses in a Small Sample of Women with Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
TL;DR: It was found that low doses of MDMA were both psychologically and physiologically safe for all the subjects and future studies in larger samples and using larger doses are needed in order to further clarify the safety and efficacy of MDMA in the clinical setting in subjects with PTSD.