International Journal of the Addictions
February 1981
R A Blizard, R W Teague
The Alcohol and Drug Education Course, a secondary prevention program for drug-abusing adolescents, was evaluated. The program provided some drug information, but primarily emphasized alternatives to drug and alcohol use for achieving altered states of consciousness. Students were found to be relatively knowledgeable about the effects of drugs, but were also misinformed on some issues. The...
Fortschritte der Neurologie · Psychiatrie
March 1, 1980
Rudolf Meyendorf
Proskynesis as an expression of submission, reverence and awe is deeply rooted in the religious and sociocultural history of man. It may be traced to the old phylogenetic submissive posture in animals, which is a pattern of behavior belonging to the group of survival instincts. Different forms of proskyneses and servility may emerge as an expression of psychotic behavior in man, reflecting a...
International Journal of the Addictions
November 1, 1979
J L Himmelstein
In recent years the general argument has been advanced that the effects of psychoactive drug use on human beings depend as much on the context of use as on the inherent characteristics of the drug itself. Two variations on this general theme have been the "Weil thesis" and the "Lindesmith thesis." The former asserts that drug-induced alterations of consciousness are influenced significantly by...
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
October 1979
J Barber, D Donaldson, S Ramras et al.
To evaluate the hypothesis that inhalation of low levels of nitrous oxide-oxygen produces an altered state of consciousness similar to hypnosis, 20 subjects were given three suggestions (analgesia, compulsive behavior, and amnesia) during double-blind administration of either nitrous oxide-oxygen or oxygen. Results suggest that administration of nitrous oxide-oxygen may be of increased clinical...
Revue d'electroencephalographie et de neurophysiologie clinique
1979
J P Banquet, J C Bourzeix, N Lesèvre
Characteristics of Visual Evoked Potentials (N120, P200, P300) were investigated during choice reaction time situations in a group of 10 subjects practising meditation (E.S.) versus a matched control group (C.S.) During a series of visual stimuli occuring at fixed intervals, with 10% random omissions, the subjects were asked : 1) to respond by a finger displacement to each visual stimulus; 2)...
American Journal of Psychotherapy
October 1, 1978
E G Solomon, A K Bumpus
The physical technique of slow, long distance running and the mental centering devices of T. M. are combined, using hypnosis in some cases, to enhance a "peak experience," or altered state of consciousness. Indications and contraindications to this technique are described for various psychiatric, psychosomatic and somatic syndromes, and its use as an adjunct to formal individual and group...
Hospital & community psychiatry
April 1977
R M Hirschfeld, S M Matthews, L R Mosher et al.
The personality characteristics of the nonprofessional staff of Soteria House, an innovative residential treatment program for schizophrenics, are assessed and compared with characteristics of representative staffs from two more traditional mental health programs for schizophrenics: a university psychiatric ward and a community-based program staffed by a specially trained group of state...
American Journal of Psychiatry
November 1976
R B Kennedy
The author reports two cases in which depersonalization occurred during the waking consciousness of individuals who had engaged in meditative techniques designed to alter consciousness. Psychiatrists should be aware of this phenomenon, as the number organizations in the "consciousness movement" is increasing, and should ask people manifesting depersonalization about any involvement in...
Science
June 18, 1976
Ruth R. Michaels, M. J. Huber, Daisy S. McCann
95 citations
Transcendental meditation is said to induce in its practitioners an altered state of consciousness resulting in relief of stress, an increased sense of awareness, and a sense of well-being. Release of catecholamines has been associated widely with stress and lends itself to quantitation. Plasma epinephrine and norephinephrine, as well as lactate, were measured in 12 volunteers before, during,...
American Journal of Psychiatry
June 1, 1976
Marc Galanter
The author describes a model of intoxicant use based on altered states of consciousness and reviews his own and others' research on marijuana to illustrate the utility of this model, which is derived from both introspective reports and observed data. The relationship of social behavior and cognitive functioning to the "intoxication state of consciousness" is discussed. This state of...