dissociatives and deliriants

Lysergic acid diethylamide, or better known as LSD was invented by Albert Hoffman in 1938 in an attempt to find a blood stimulant. After accidentally absorbing a small amount of the drug through his fingertips, Hoffman realized the powerful and pleasant psychedelic effects the drug had and researched the psychological effects of the drug years after. This quote is from Hoffman's journal and is his description of his first LSD trip “I suddenly became strangely inebriated. The external world…

Psyched For a Psychedelic Years of psychotherapy can be replaced easily with a shocking substance, LSD. Researchers have been testing for possible therapeutic properties of the mind bending drug for years. The question now is should LSD be legalized for its groundbreaking health benefits or is human nature too dangerous for the potent drug. My answer is definitely, one take of LSD could have a stronger effect than a year of therapy. Doctors, Pharmacists, and users of the drug have provided well…

One type of drug that has become increasingly common on college campuses is hallucinogens. Hallucinogens, such as peyote, LSD, and shrooms, are a class of drug that alter the thoughts and feelings of the user, and can change the way the user sees their environment (NIDA 2016). The biggest danger when it comes to ingesting hallucinogenic drugs is not addiction; however a frequent user can build up a tolerance to the drugs (NIDA 2016). The most dangerous aspect of hallucinogens is their ability to…

Stimulus To arrive to my question, one stimulus source which inspired me to research the effects of drugs on humans comes from the Looking Glass, where the use of psychedelic drugs is evident in Alice. For example, upon entering the looking glass, she describes her encounters “the pictures on the wall next the fire seemed to be all alive, and the very clock on the chimney-piece had got the face of a little old man, and it grinned at her”(Carroll, 2016). The other document which inspired me to…

If you were depressed, feeling alone, and you wanted to end it all, but a small dose of LSD, or peyote could save your life, would you take it? This is a question many people ponder, and the answer always comes back to ethics. For this reason, psychedelic drugs should be used to treat physical and mental illnesses. What psychedelics are used to treat illnesses? There are many. LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, DMT, or dimethyltryptamine, mescaline, found…

New research is constantly being done in the medical field, medication being among those. There has been a discussion of allowing psychedelic drugs to be returned to research labs and to yet again be used for research purposes. Since psychedelics are seen negative, a lot of the research dates far back, however since the conversation is coming back, there is new research that is coming into light. Psychedelic drugs are drugs that alter the state of perception, thought, and feeling and also…

Kratom is an herb that is growing in popularity, with the likes of Salvia and some of the herbal incense strains. As with any "legal herbs", however, it's important to frequently check the status of their legality where you live. It is not legal for people in some countries to buy Kratom, while other countries welcome the sale of Kratoms. In some countries anyone who has this drug in their possession is arrested, and taken to jail. Some of the countries that have banned the use and purchase of…

Evan then begins to read his journals and tries to fix past traumatic experiences in order to get the life he could’ve had if these experiences didn’t occur (Rhulen & Bress). These symptoms closely resemble the symptoms of dissociative amnesia. Dissociative amnesia is a dissociative disorder where…

Dr. Jekyll overall prognosis is classified as a dissociative disorder, commonly characterized by the disruption in the normal integration of consciousness, identity, perception, motor control, emotion, and behavior (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p.291). Symptoms accompanying dissociative disorder can potentially disrupt all areas of psychological functioning. Usually, the cause of these disorders is found in the byproduct of trauma. For most, the active and receptive modes of the…

underprivileged asylums. The cognizance of mentally ill patients, particularly dissociative identity disorder, was misunderstood, mistreated, and inquired brief conversation amongst Victorian physicians. Robert Louis Stevenson started the discussion of dissociative identity disorder with his ground-breaking novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Steven’s novel signifies a medical breakthrough of the dissociative mind and its misfortunates during the provocative years of…