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This book covers the psychedelic ayahuasca tourism in Peru, with its facet-rich psychological, pharmacological, anthropological, and sociological aspects. The reader gets an interdisciplinary insight into the historical development and the current state of ayahuasca research. Findings from three empirical studies are presented, which the author has won in a 4-year field research: How do common standards develop in this particular form of psycho-spiritual tourism? Why are people from developed nations and urban centres heading to the Amazon to ingest the psychedelic beverage Ayahuasca? How do they experience such ceremonies and retreats? Which insights, personal meaning and effects do they gain and how do they integrate their experiences into the everyday life? Contents Traditional settings and ayahuasca tourism Spirituality and neo-shamanism Research history of psychedelic substances Ritual elements that influence psychedelic experiences Motivational elements for the ingestion of ayahuasca Phenomenological analysis of experiences of ayahuasca Subjective meanings, effects, healing theories and integration experiences The development of common standards in ayahuasca tourism Target Groups Scholars and students of medical anthropology, psychotherapy, ethno-psychiatry, ethno-pharmacology, public health, sociology, religious studies, tourism sciences Psychotherapists, psychological counselors The Author Tom John Wolff, Dipl.-Psych., is a licensed psychotherapist and addiction therapist in Germany.

Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience --- Experience (Religion) and hallucinogenic drugs --- Experience (Religion) --- Social work. --- Medical policy. --- Culture. --- Social Work. --- Health Policy. --- Sociology of Culture. --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Health care policy --- Health policy --- Medical care --- Medicine and state --- Policy, Medical --- Public health --- Public health policy --- State and medicine --- Science and state --- Social policy --- Benevolent institutions --- Philanthropy --- Relief stations (for the poor) --- Social service agencies --- Social welfare --- Social work --- Human services --- Social aspects --- Government policy

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The third edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Welfare provides new and more established ways to approach community building and organizing, from collaborating with communities on assessment and issue selection to using the power of coalition building, media advocacy, and social media to enhance the effectiveness of such work. With a strong emphasis on cultural relevance and humility, this collection offers a wealth of case studies in areas ranging from childhood obesity to immigrant worker rights to health care reform. A "tool kit" of appendixes includes guidelines for assessing coalition effectiveness, exercises for critical reflection on our own power and privilege, and training tools such as "policy bingo." From former organizer and now President Barack Obama to academics and professionals in the fields of public health, social work, urban planning, and community psychology, the book offers a comprehensive vision and on-the-ground examples of the many ways community building and organizing can help us address some of the most intractable health and social problems of our times. Dr. Minkler's course syllabus: Although Dr. Minkler has changed the order of some chapters in the syllabus to accommodate guest speakers and help students prep for the midterm assignment she uses, she arranged the actual book layout in a way that should flow quite naturally if instructors wish to use it in the order in which chapters appear.

Community development. --- Community organization. --- Community health services --- Health promotion. --- Community development --- Regional development --- Economic assistance, Domestic --- Social planning --- CBOs (Community organization) --- Community-based organizations --- Community councils --- Community life --- Health promotion programs --- Health promotion services --- Promotion of health --- Wellness programs --- Preventive health services --- Health education --- Citizen participation. --- Citizen participation --- Government policy