Spiritual awakening. Substance abuse, dual pathology
M. J. Gordillo Montaño, L. Rodriguez Rodriguez, C. Pérez Aparicio, S. V. Boned Torres

TL;DR
This case study explores how the use of substances like Kambo and salvia divinorum may trigger psychiatric episodes in a vulnerable individual with a history of depression.
Contribution
The paper presents a clinical case highlighting the risks of using unconventional substances like Kambo in patients with psychiatric vulnerabilities.
Findings
The patient experienced a manic episode with psychotic symptoms after Kambo use.
Subsequent episodes were linked to other 'natural medicinal substances', not Kambo.
The patient's psychiatric episodes were persistent despite treatment.
Abstract
Kambó is considered an “ancestral medicine” by the indigenous tribes of the western region of the Amazon. Through this clinical case, the aim is to present the particularities of the symptoms and management of patients with consumption of not so common substances, such as Kambo or salvia divinorum, as well as the evolution that will occur in a patient with a previous diagnosis of a Depressive Episode. We present the case of a 23-year-old male, Gestalt therapy student. History of tobacco, THC, and recent use of salvia divinorum and Kambo. He began follow-up by psychiatry in a private setting three years ago due to a severe depressive episode, having required treatment with antidepressants, antipsychotics and benzodiazepines, and having been triggered by a serious assault. The episode is resolved and follow-up is discontinued. Family history of depressive syndrome and suicide. He…
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TopicsReligious Studies and Spiritual Practices
