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comnron ro [he use of lbugaine. r he putienPS characteristics m terms of psy chupathology. behav iur. socieml accomplishments. as well us the shills of the treatment team are significant to treatment ~utcomes~ to rare cases. when the patient already has the occupational. educational and skills needed to succeed In socien_ the task ma. be somewhat easier. In cases where the patient does no[ have [hose societal skills. or lacks medical care for disorders other than chemical dependence, care and trainine must be prodded through psy chusocial supper structures. trauma suffered b} the patient doting childhood appears ro ploy an importmtt part in [he drive fix line and the tear of abandorunent that is convnon ro mam of [he patients we have treated (Bastiaans. 1991r .all psy chusocial support paradigms should be available Ibr the patien[ after the completion o[ an Ibogaine treatment. their use should be contingent upon the evaluation of the patient's needy and progres. One of the primary differences thy[ social workers. xuunxlon or therapts[s o[frringpsy chosucial suppon notice in post-Ibogaine [reared patients, us compared [u untreated subjecta. is the raptdi[y with which [he support can and must be provided to aid the patien[ in accomplishing goals and making decisions. Ibogaine presents a symptom-tree window of opportunity which the pa[itn[ and [herapist must take advantage oC One patien[ put it this way: "Ibogaine and I_-Step tgroupsl both help v uu w get in touch with y our soul. Ibogaine is like rocket fuel for that process." ~ Village Beat, 19901 It is imperative that ground romrol remain in cuntua with the patient. and this mean muvin_ yuickh and dramatixalh [o assist [he patient to establish goals while the patiem hes the ability and desire to du so. Ibogaine eenaalh rspxdi[es the placement of the patient in receptive pavchologtcal state. I his products ~ relationship between the patient and [he theraptst which is mutually rew urding and beneficial. but reyuires the person providing psychosocial suppon to work both harder and faster than is [he norm for other vea[ment modali[its. Prior [o the use of Ibogaine in dte treatment of chemical dependence. it tnav have taken the [herapist three to twenty-four months ~ Judd. 1993 i tiring traditional ntrthods nr asstst the patiem in reaching e ;fate of well-beine tier of drug cruv inu I ICaplmt et al.. 1993 L I~his advanage that Ibogaine treatment pray ides enables the pay chosucial suppon statt~tu assist the patient in making decisions to allow their nornalizanun ,end integration mro sucieiy ea self-titlhlled and productive human brings- Main of [hc excepted parantxtss of dts[ance benv rtn the ti~erupist ;utd [he paurm are out ettecuvr in Ibu_~aute neatment. Patients will require closer and afore intensive euidanre. and aeneralh be more open [o n. I~hey well rcgmre taster mtervemiun [o learn wcte[al skills and to ovenume and uhlectiy eh understand various ti'aumas eyperienced during their lives. therefore. Ibogaine n nut u treatment modality for elmirtans vvhost preference is to xmph administer a pill or ruble[ and then distance themxhes [nnn their patients. REDIYTIUN Oh I HE NEED 1~OR SLEEP In all case,. lbugatne teinporully reduces the patients nerd tot sleep to as few as thine ur tour hours u nigh[. this effect may last a month ur more. gradualh retaining to normal. fwu [heuriea have been put forh xoncxming this et3ect. One theon suggests the lung-lasting bioayailabdity of Ibogaine or one of m metabolites. this a in keeping with the phamtarukine[ic studies conducted a[ the Cniv ersn of Miami (Mash. 199 r. I~he second theon_ suages'ts the cause is the decrease in the ps}chulugicul requirements for sleep associated with the necrssin to dream. tvtdence supporting this theory is [hut Ibogaine promurea an intense emulation utdreaming that lasts fix mam hours during