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Treatment of alcoholism at the Takiwasi Center - June 2012
Interview with Jaime Torres, psychologist and director of the Takiwasi Center, by Eduard Casas Bertet, president of the association GASS - Grup Associat pels Serveis de Salut, Barcelona, Spain. The interview revolves around the approach to alcoholism in Takiwasi, therapeutic community where Amazonian medicinal plants are used in conjunction with Western psychotherapy. Tarapoto, June 2012.
Author : Eduard Casas Bertet
Audio : Spanish
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The legality of the use of ayahuasca in the treatment of addictions and public policies related to this subject - September 2011
Presentation by Rosa Giove during the international meeting "Ayahuasca in the treatment of addictions". 12-13-14 September 2011 - FFLCH / USP - San Paolo, Brazil.
Author : Núcleo de Antropologia Urbana - Universidade de São Paulo
Audio : Spanish
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The body and its function for symbolic integration - September 2011
Presentation of Dr. Jacques Mabit during the meeting "Ayahuasca in the treatment of addictions". 12-13-14 September 2011 - FFLCH / USP - San Paolo, Brazil
Author : Núcleo de Antropologia Urbana - Universidade de São Paulo
Audio : Spanish
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The cure of the extreme - January 2011
A report on Takiwasi, excerpt from the episode "Sex, drugs and addiction: how to get out" of Complément de Enquête, an information magazine conceived and proposed by Benoît Duquesne, HighWay Television.
If addictions to tobacco, alcohol or certain hard drugs are well-known, doctors are now faced with new forms of addiction, such as prescription drugs. The effects of some anxiolytics, in particular, are devastating to health. Patients addicted to sex on the Internet are treated in hospital like sick persons. From the cozy corridors of luxury clinics to purging sessions in the Amazonian rainforest, this tv show investigates new treatments offered to patients as well as weaning therapies.
Author : Complément d'Enquête
Audio : French
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The Jungle Prescription - 2011
The Jungle Prescription tells of ayahuasca, the visionary Amazonian brew of indigenous origin and its encounter with the West, as played out through the story of two doctors. The first, Dr. Jacques Mabit, runs a legendary detox centre deep in the Peruvian jungle, in partnership with indigenous healers. The second, Dr. Gabor Maté, is risking his reputation trying to establish a similar program in Canada. Through the intimate stories of these doctors and their patients, we see how an ancient medicine causes cathartic, life-changing insight, and we witness the commitment of people who have devoted their whole lives to applying this medicinal knowledge.
Author : Mark Ellam, Jeronimo M.M., Robin McKenna
Audio : English
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Scientific, anthropological and therapeutic perspectives of the use of ayahuasca in the Takiwasi experience - May 2010
Presentation by Jaime Torres Romero, Psychologist and Executive Director of the Takiwasi Center during the first international conference on the ritual use of ayahuasca, Manto Wasi, Chili.
Author : Manto Wasi
Audio : Spanish
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Interview about traditional Amazonian medicines with Dr. Jacques Mabit - May 2010
Interview with Dr. Jacques Mabit, founder and president of the Takiwasi Center, conducted by Loïc Renault and Vanessa Burdet in 2010. Images: Thibault Lery and Agnès Jeanneau.
Some questions asked during the interview:
04:06 What is the role of plants in traditional Amazonian medicines?
15:30 Is performing rituals risky?
18:40 How can the integration of lived experience with plants be achieved?
23:46 What is the function of altered states of consciousness?
39:16 What is the conception of the body within traditional Amazonian medicines?
45:12 What is your take on the current spiritual quest of young people?
1:03:17 What can Western culture bring to traditional medicines?
Author : Loïc Renault, Vanessa Burdet
Audio : French
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The Jungle Prescription – Takiwasi Edit - 2010
The filmmakers Gris Jordana and Jeronimo Mazarrasa have been following the therapeutic process at Takiwasi for 5 months as part of their documentary production “The Jungle Prescription”. This is an edit of some of the material they gathered.
Author : Gris Jordana, Jeronimo Mazarrasa
Audio : Spanish
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