About the Authors

José Carlos Bouso

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Services (ICEERS), Barcelona, Spain, Medical Anthropology Research Center, Department of Anthropology, Philosophy and Social Work, University of Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Óscar Andión

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Sherpas, Mieres (Olot), Sabadell, Spain

Jerome J. Sarris

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Psychae Institute, Melbourne, Australia, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Westmead, Australia, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The Melbourne Clinic Professorial Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Milan Scheidegger

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Luís Fernando Tófoli

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Cooperation for Ayahuasca Research and Outreach (ICARO), School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Emérita Sátiro Opaleye

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Violeta Schubert

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Social and Political Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Daniel Perkins

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

d.perkins@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliations Psychae Institute, Melbourne, Australia, School of Social and Political Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Mental Health, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

JS and DP are directors of a not-for-profit medicinal psychedelics research institute, Psychae Institute, which has received funding from the biotechnology sector. There are no patents or marketed products associated with this research to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.