Mental Health Weekly
May 17, 2021
Valerie A. Canady
1 citation
New research involving the use of psychedelic‐assisted therapy is showing promise and significant implications for patients with severe, chronic post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and could potentially move the needle further toward Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, say researchers from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
AJN, American Journal of Nursing
May 16, 2021
Andrew Penn, Caroline Dorsen, Stephanie Hope et al.
40 citations
Psychedelics are a class of psychoactive substances that were studied extensively between 1943 and 1970 as potential therapies for treating a host of mental health disorders, including addiction. Despite promising early results, U.S. psychedelic research was halted in the early 1970s with the enactment of the Controlled Substances Act. As the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy develops,...
The Historical Journal
May 10, 2021
Benjamin Breen
5 citations
Abstract This article reassesses what has been called ‘the puzzle of distribution’: why did some drugs rapidly emerge as global consumer goods in the era of the Columbian Exchange, whereas others remained restricted to regional centres of usage? I argue here that the early modern concept of transplantation allows us to approach the puzzle of distribution from a novel perspective. Early modern...
Foundations of physics
May 5, 2021
C. Roselli
The aim of this paper is to invalidate the hypothesis that human consciousness is necessary in the quantum measurement process. In order to achieve this target, I propose a considerable modification of the Schrödinger’s cat and the Dead-Alive Physicist thought experiments, called “PIAR”, short for “Physicist Inside the Ambiguous Room”. A specific strategy has enabled me to plan the experiment...
Clinical medicine
May 4, 2021
M. Tanti, J. Cosgrove, Charles Kelleher et al.
BACKGROUND Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are a growing public health concern. We aimed to identify the acute neurological consequences of NPS. METHOD We performed a retrospective case-note review of patients who presented to the emergency department after taking NPS. RESULTS We identified 237 admissions from 190 patients, mostly young men. There were high rates of psychiatric comorbidity...
Frontiers in Pharmacology
May 4, 2021
Ido Hartogsohn
49 citations
Set and setting is a fundamental concept in the field of psychedelic drug research, which points to the profound dependence of psychedelic effects on psychological, social, and cultural factors. Santo Daime is a Brazilian religion that makes elaborate use of ordering principles, techniques, and symbology to shape and direct the effects of the hallucinogenic brew ayahuasca. This paper...
Sleep
May 3, 2021
Jason Rakita, Brooke Judd
Abstract Introduction The presence of hypnopompic hallucinations raises concerns for narcolepsy. However, sleep-related hallucinations may occur in other settings. Dreams at sleep-wake transitions may be difficult for patients to differentiate from sleep-related hallucinations. Sleep-related hallucinations are predominantly visual, although they can be auditory, tactile and/or kinetic. However,...
Pharmaceuticals
May 3, 2021
Natalia Górska, Wiesław Jerzy Cubała, Jakub Słupski et al.
2 citations
Relationship between depression and magnesium levels is reported. This observational study examined whether serum magnesium concentration change over time of ketamine treatment course, also whether association between magnesium concentrations and treatment response measured with Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) score occurs. Moreover, interlink between changes in Young Mania...
Neuroimage
May 2, 2021
Conghui Su, Hui Zhou, Liang Gong et al.
Cutting-edge recommendation algorithms have been widely used by media platforms to suggest users with personalized content. While such user-specific recommendations may satisfy users' needs to obtain intended information, some users may develop a problematic use pattern manifested by addiction-like undesired behaviors. Using a popular video sharing and recommending platform (TikTok) as an...
The FASEB Journal
May 1, 2021
Alison Wakeford, Marissa Costa, Hannah Alton et al.
Previous preclinical studies have demonstrated that 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) dose‐dependently increases pro‐social behavior and affiliative vocalizations in male nonhuman primates. As diagnostic criteria for several psychiatric diseases includes deficits in social functioning, examining the conditions under which MDMA selectively increases pro‐social behavior may provide...