Using Ayahuasca in Community Care to Support Indigenous Mental Health in the Yaqui Medicine Clinic in Sonora, Mexico

The Yaqui Intercultural Medicine Clinic in Sonora, Mexico integrates ayahuasca into an Indigenous-led therapeutic framework.

• Indigenous peoples face significant mental health and substance use disparities.
• Conventional healthcare systems often do not adequately serve these communities.
• Psychedelic-assisted therapies show promise but lack representation from Indigenous knowledge systems.
• The clinic aims to address these gaps by incorporating traditional practices with modern therapeutic approaches.

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