BACKGROUND: Despite the established link between interpersonal violence and hallucinatory experiences, the psychological mechanisms that transform traumatic memory into perceptual disturbances remain understudied. Empirical models explaining the transition from intrusions to multimodal hallucinations and their association with suicide risk outside the psychotic spectrum are lacking. AIM: To...
Neurology BulletinMarch 23, 2026Azat R. Asadullin, Elvina A. Akhmetova, Ilia S. Efremov et al.
BACKGROUND: Substance use disorders remain a global public health problem. In recent decades, the drug market has undergone substantial changes, with traditional drugs increasingly replaced by new psychoactive substances characterized by high toxicity and strong addictive potential. Their distribution via the Internet and social media impedes control and increases risks to public health. AIM:...
This article analyses the diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder as defined in the 5th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the 11th revision of International Classification of Diseases. The combination of categorical and dimensional diagnostic models improves its validity, which meets the needs of clinical practice. At the same time, the...
In recent years, there has been a significant surge of interest in psychedelic research. These studies encompass both neuroscience and their potential clinical applications. This phenomenon, often referred to as the "Psychedelic Renaissance", includes studies on compounds such as psilocybin, MDMA, DMT, and LSD used for the treatment of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and...
Pharmacotherapy of depression based on a monoaminergic model in many cases is not enough effective. In this regard the ketamine treatment results of pharmacoresistant depression by subanaesthetic doses, including the patients with double diagnosis, are of interest. Method: in an open label naturalistic non-randomized trial, 12 patients with non-psychotic treatment-resistant depression (10 of...
Through the times of human culture there was a desire of using various chemical compounds, obtained from both natural plant material and artificially synthesized, for recreational purposes. These substances can cause changes in the mental state, influence the human behavior, change social activity. The review is devoted to NPS, which have only been thoroughly studied in recent years. These...
Neurology BulletinDecember 24, 2022Vladimir D. Mendelevich, Veronika N. Konovalova, Galya M. Galiullina et al.
The article describes the case of Daria D., 23 years old, who has been using various drugs (LSD, marijuana, mephedrone) for a number of years and independently abandoned using drags with the transition to the use of microdoses of red fly agaric (Amanita Muskaria). Her mental and addictive status is analyzed. It is concluded that, despite the systematic use of drugs, there are no grounds for...
Hallucinogenic substances are usually classified into several different classes. Most classifications are based on the pharmacological mechanisms of action of these substances and their chemical structure. Psychedelics, entactogens, dissociative substances and “atypical” hallucinogens belongs to chemically heterogeneous group of substances with a hallucinogenic effect. All of the above classes...