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Associations between lifetime classic psychedelic use and cardiometabolic diseases
Simonsson, O., Osika, W., Carhart-Harris, R., & Hendricks, P. S. (2021). Associations between lifetime classic psychedelic use and cardiometabolic diseases. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 14427.
Classic psychedelics, health behavior, and physical health. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology
Simonsson, O., Hendricks, P. S., Chambers, R., Osika, W., & Goldberg, S. B. (2022). Classic psychedelics, health behavior, and physical health. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 12, 20451253221135363
Association Between Lifetime Classic Psychedelic Use and Hypertension in the Past Year
Simonsson, O., Hendricks, P. S., Carhart-Harris, R., Kettner, H., & Osika, W. (2021). Association Between Lifetime Classic Psychedelic Use and Hypertension in the Past Year. Hypertension, 77(5), 1510–1516.
Ayahuasca and Public Health: Health Status, Psychosocial Well-Being, Lifestyle, and Coping Strategies in a Large Sample of Ritual Ayahuasca Users
Ona, G., Kohek, M., Massaguer, T., Gomariz, A., Jiménez, D. F., Dos Santos, R. G., Hallak, J. E. C., Alcázar-Córcoles, M. Á., & Bouso, J. C. (2019). Ayahuasca and Public Health: Health Status, Psychosocial Well-Being, Lifestyle, and Coping Strategies in a Large Sample of Ritual Ayahuasca Users. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 51(2), 135–145.
Behavioral Psychedelics: Integrating Mind and Behavior to Improve Health and Resilience
Neuhaus, E. C., & Slavich, G. M. (2022). Behavioral Psychedelics: Integrating Mind and Behavior to Improve Health and Resilience. Frontiers in Psychiatry / Frontiers Research Foundation, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.821208
Ayahuasca and Public Health II: Health Status in a Large Sample of Ayahuasca-Ceremony Participants in the Netherlands
Kohek, M., Ona, G., van Elk, M., Dos Santos, R. G., Hallak, J. E. C., Alcazar-Corcoles, M. A., & Bouso, J. C. (2022). Ayahuasca and Public Health II: Health Status in a Large Sample of Ayahuasca-Ceremony Participants in the Netherlands. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 1–12.
Do psychedelics have therapeutic potential for obesity?
Fadahunsi, N., Knudsen, G. M., & Clemmensen, C. (2023). Do psychedelics have therapeutic potential for obesity? Nature Reviews. Endocrinology, 19(1), 1–2.
Serotonergic psychedelic treatment for obesity and eating disorders: potential expectations and caveats for emerging studies
Borgland, S. L., & Neyens, D. M. (2022). Serotonergic psychedelic treatment for obesity and eating disorders: potential expectations and caveats for emerging studies. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience: JPN, 47(3), E218–E221.
Psychedelics and Health Behavior Change
Our research group studies motivational and self-regulatory determinants of health-related behaviors, such as physical activity and healthy eating. This particular research line aims at testing whether the experience of alternative states of consciousness changes the adoption and regulation of these behaviors and, if so, by which mechanisms. Access our review paper detailing this hypothesis HERE. More details about our studies HERE and through the links below.
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Borgland, S. L., & Neyens, D. M. (2022). Serotonergic psychedelic treatment for obesity and eating disorders: potential expectations and caveats for emerging studies. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience: JPN, 47(3), E218–E221.
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Fadahunsi, N., Knudsen, G. M., & Clemmensen, C. (2023). Do psychedelics have therapeutic potential for obesity? Nature Reviews. Endocrinology, 19(1), 1–2.
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Kohek, M., Ona, G., van Elk, M., Dos Santos, R. G., Hallak, J. E. C., Alcazar-Corcoles, M. A., & Bouso, J. C. (2022). Ayahuasca and Public Health II: Health Status in a Large Sample of Ayahuasca-Ceremony Participants in the Netherlands. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 1–12. Advance online publication.
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Neuhaus, E. C., & Slavich, G. M. (2022). Behavioral Psychedelics: Integrating Mind and Behavior to Improve Health and Resilience. Frontiers in Psychiatry / Frontiers Research Foundation, 13:821208.
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Ona, G., Kohek, M., Massaguer, T., Gomariz, A., Jiménez, D. F., Dos Santos, R. G., Hallak, J. E. C., Alcázar-Córcoles, M. Á., & Bouso, J. C. (2019). Ayahuasca and Public Health: Health Status, Psychosocial Well-Being, Lifestyle, and Coping Strategies in a Large Sample of Ritual Ayahuasca Users. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 51(2), 135–145.
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Simonsson, O., Hendricks, P. S., Carhart-Harris, R., Kettner, H., & Osika, W. (2021). Association Between Lifetime Classic Psychedelic Use and Hypertension in the Past Year. Hypertension, 77(5), 1510–1516.
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Simonsson, O., Hendricks, P. S., Chambers, R., Osika, W., & Goldberg, S. B. (2022). Classic psychedelics, health behavior, and physical health. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 12, 20451253221135363.
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Simonsson, O., Osika, W., Carhart-Harris, R., & Hendricks, P. S. (2021). Associations between lifetime classic psychedelic use and cardiometabolic diseases. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 14427.
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Simonsson, O., Sexton, J. D., & Hendricks, P. S. (2021). Associations between lifetime classic psychedelic use and markers of physical health. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 35(4), 447–452.
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Teixeira, P. J., Johnson, M. W., Timmermann, C., Watts, R., Erritzoe, D., Douglass, H., Kettner, H., & Carhart-Harris, R. L. (2022). Psychedelics and health behaviour change. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 36(1), 12–19.
Paulo Martins
Paulo Martins is an Assistant Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Human Kinetics and is the current vice-president of the Faculty of Human Kinetics. He holds Bachelor both Sport Sciences as well as in Psychology Sciences and Masters's degree both in Sport Education Management as well as in Clinical Psychology and a Ph.D. in Sport and Exercise Psychology. He is also a member of the Portuguese Society of Sport Psychology and the president of FMH's Board of Assessment and Assurance for Quality. Between September 2016 and January 2018, he was the lead investigator of a Program With Institutionalized Youngsters from the General Directorate of Prison Services under the tutelage of the Ministry of Justice of Portugal (DGSP). His main research interests are the study of determinants of youth positive development, and the measuring of behavior change interventions under the teaching personal and social responsibility model. He has other scientific interests, namely psychometrics where he focuses on developing psychological measures, and also the topic of post-career in sport where he focuses on understanding the quality of life of this population. He also He has published more than 30 international peer-reviewed articles and has been an investigator collaborator in the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal and APPsy-CI, Applied Psychology Research Center, Capabilities & Inclusion ISPA—University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences, Portugal.