June 14, 2021
Jolien C. Francken, L. Beerendonk, D. Molenaar et al.
23 citations
preprint
We report the results of an academic survey into the theoretical and methodological foundations, common assumptions and the current state of the field of consciousness science. The survey consisted of 22 questions, was distributed online and at two different occasions of the annual meeting of the Association of the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC, 2018 and 2019), targeting active...
medRxiv Preprint Server
June 13, 2021
Rui Du, Kun Niu, Guofang Lu et al.
preprint
The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the efficacy, anti-effect of ketamine (intervention) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients during analgesia proceeding and mental illness treatment methods, in comparison with control (midazolam, opioid, saline or placebo). The bibliographic databases Cochrane, Embase, Pubmed and Web of Science were searched from...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
June 11, 2021
Steven M. Silverstein, Adriann Lai
Schizophrenia is characterized by visual distortions in ~60% of cases, and visual hallucinations (VH) in ~25-50% of cases, depending on the sample. These symptoms have received relatively little attention in the literature, perhaps due to the higher rate of auditory vs. visual hallucinations in psychotic disorders, which is the reverse of what is found in other neuropsychiatric conditions....
Perspectives In Psychiatric Care
June 8, 2021
Dina Fradkin
3 citations
The use of psychedelics, such as psilocybin, has emerged in recent literature as a novel therapeutic treatment for various psychiatric disorders, including substance use, depression, and anxiety. While international and domestic trials are currently underway, there is data demonstrating both the relative safety and potential efficacy of psilocybin. Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners...
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
June 7, 2021
Colleen Fogg, Timothy I. Michaels, Sara de la Salle et al.
53 citations
Emerging evidence from randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials suggests psychedelic compounds such as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), psilocybin, and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), when administered as an adjunct to psychotherapy, that is, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP), may be beneficial for treating substance use disorders, posttraumatic stress...
BMC Nursing
June 5, 2021
Anson Chui-Yan Tang, Regina Lee
38 citations
BACKGROUND: Smartphone addiction in adolescent is a significant global health issue since the last decade. Evidence has shown that the uncontrolled use of smartphone would lead to undesirable impact on their growth and development. However, evidence-based interventions to manage adolescents' smartphone addictive behaviors is lacking. The proposed study aims to examine the effect of a group...
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
June 5, 2021
David J. Cox, Albert Garcia‐romeu, Matthew W. Johnson
29 citations
Background: Experiences with psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin or lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), are sometimes followed by changes in patterns of tobacco, opioid, and alcohol consumption. But, the specific characteristics of psychedelic experiences that lead to changes in drug consumption are unknown.Objective: Determine whether quantitative descriptions of psychedelic experiences...
СИНЕЗА
June 3, 2021
Юлія Шабанова
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between qualia and language. Author will begin with the explanation of the nature of qualia using the negative method (second and third chapter), which will reveal that qualia are neither ontological properties in a traditional sense, viewed as instances of subjective experience, nor that they possess any epistemological value as such. In...
PAIN Reports
June 3, 2021
Eunice Y. Hahm, Shubham Chamadia, J. Locascio et al.
6 citations
Ketamine-induced dissociation and analgesia are independent and robust to general anesthesia neural circuit alterations, suggesting that ketamine can be refined into a targeted pain therapeutic. Abstract Introduction: Ketamine, an anesthetic adjunct, is routinely administered as part of a balanced general anesthetic technique. We recently showed that the acute analgesic and dissociation...
Journal of Cell Science
June 1, 2021
Tom Seaver: Hey Yogi, what time is it?Yogi Berra: You mean now?Everyone knows this: If you drop something yummy, like a chocolate fudge brownie, on the floor, the nasty floor microbes gather around it, hovering, for precisely three seconds before storming in. This is why you can pick it up and eat it if less than three seconds have elapsed. How the microbes know to wait precisely three seconds...