Source: Indiegogo (via ICEERS)
Publication Date: September 1, 2013
The source link is the new crowdfunding page for the new project created by Dr. Brian Rush (Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada).
Publication Date: September 1, 2013
The source link is the new crowdfunding page for the new project created by Dr. Brian Rush (Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada).
We are initiating a research project of a topic and magnitude that has never been done before. The Ayahuasca Treatment Outcome Project (ATOP), will take place over several years, beginning this autumn, and will compare, contrast, and determine the efficacy of Ayahuasca, a millennia old plant medicine indigenous to the Amazon jungle.
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As an international team of experts with extensive clinical and research backgrounds and personal experience with ayahuasca, we will draw upon our collective experience to develop a cutting edge research protocol that involves thorough follow-up and a longitudinal assessment of treatment efficacy.
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The team is being led by Dr. Brian Rush, Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada and Scientist Emeritus at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada. Other team members include Dr. Dartiu Xavier da Silveira and Renato Filev at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brasil; Anja Loizaga-Velder, Director of Psychotherapy and Research, Nierika A. C., Chalmita, Mexico; Dr. Jacques Mabit and Dr. Fernando Mendive from Takiwasi Centre for Addictions Treatment and Research on Traditional Medicines, Tarapoto,Peru; Dr. Marcelo Mercante, visiting scholar at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil and Dr. Luís Fernando Tófoli, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil. Members of healing centres across Latin America, as well as researchers and curanderos from Europe, US, Costa Rica, and Australia are also invited to be part of the beginning stages of this research.
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We are aiming to raise $22,000 to cover the cost to bring up to 30 researchers, healers, and other staff to be able to attend the first research design meeting in Tarapoto, Peru, in the Autumn of 2013. The goal will be to meet face to face, to collaborate, to share information, and to ultimately design the research protocol for the project.
The centre in which this meeting will be held, Takiwasi, is an established centre of plant medicine that has been assisting people with addiction and mental health challenges, for 20+ years.