NICM Health Research Institute presents 'Ayahuasca use in Major Depression'

NICM Health Research Institute

Join our guest seminar speaker, Nicole Leite Galvão-Coelho, as she presents The Potential Use of Ayahuasca as an Antidepressant.

NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University.  Dr Lam Fai Yuen Auditorium, Building J, Ground Floor J.G.54 

NICM Health Research Institute (NICM) presents Nicole Leite Galvão-Coelho, Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology and Behaviour at Brazil’s Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), and Visiting Scholar at NICM.With a PhD in Psychobiology and a focus in preclinical and clinical studies of chronic stress and mood disorders, we invite you to join Nicole Leite Galvão-Coelho as she presents a seminar on The Potential Use of Ayahuasca as an Antidepressant: Preclinical and Clinical Studies.Ayahuasca is a decoction made from a combination of two plants from the Amazon rainforest, Chacrona (Psychotria viridi) leaf and Mariri (Banisteriopsis caapi) vine. These components act on several pathways involved in the aetiology of major depression. Brazilian preclinical and clinical results, from a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial in patients with treatment-resistant depression, suggest a fast-acting antidepressant effect of ayahuasca. In addition there appears a potential link between this effect and improvements of biomarkers of depression, contributing to the emerging field of the use of psychedelic substances in the treatment of psychiatric disorders.Intended AudienceWestern Sydney University research and academic staff, medical and health research students, higher degree research students; healthcare professionals and researchers in the field of mental health.Pre-seminar RefreshmentsA light lunch will be served prior to the commencement of the seminar from 12.00 noon.

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