Psychiatric News
January 21, 2005
Eve Bender
4 citations
Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Clinical & Research NewsFull AccessFDA Approves Study of Ecstasy In Some Terminally Ill PatientsEve BenderEve BenderPublished Online:21 Jan 2005https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.40.2.00400046a Can the same drug that in the past decade has found a niche among young people during rave parties at crowded dance clubs also help terminally ill patients...
Vojnosanitetski Pregled
2005
Zivorad Malicevic, Milica Ninković, Ivana Vasiljević et al.
Navedeni podaci ukazuju da ?ekstazi? nije, kako se to posebno medju omladinom smatra, laka, bezopasna i zabavna droga. Obilje nezeljenih psihickih, neuroloskih, hepatickih, bubreznih, kardiovaskularnih i drugih toksicnih efekata pokazuje samo da oni nisu dobro procenjeni, a najopasnije je sto se desavaju pri upotrebi uobicajenih prosecnih doza ove droge. Uzivaoci u vecini slucajeva prelaze...
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
2005
Richard J McNally, Susan A Clancy
Sleep paralysis typically occurs as individuals awaken from rapid eye movement sleep before motor paralysis wanes. Many episodes are accompanied by tactile and visual hallucinations, often of threatening intruders in the bedroom. Pendergrast [Victims of Memory: Incest Accusations and Shattered Lives, HarperCollins, London, 1996] proposed that individuals who report repressed or recovered...
Cairn.info
2005
Françoise Létoublon
Depression, anxiety and existential distress associated with terminal illness have a major impact on quality of life among palliative care patients. Psychedelics are emerging as catalysts for reflective, introspective and sometimes spiritual exploration as part of psychotherapy, with potentially rapid and long-lasting multiple beneficial effects. Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP)...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
January 2005
Harry Sumnall, Jon C. Cole
National drugs information strategies convey the message that use of Ecstasy is associated with an increase in both the incidence and severity of major depressive disorder. However, very little primary research supports this. Unlike apparent deficits in higher cognitive functions, most published studies have found no difference in self-reported depressive symptomatology between Ecstasy users...
Medical Anthropology
2005
Murphy Halliburton
76 citations
Based on research among possessed and mentally ill patients and an examination of depictions of mental health issues in the popular media in the state of Kerala, India, this article examines apparent changes in the incidence and form of spirit possession and the proliferation of psychological idioms such as "tension" and "depression." These changes involve a decline in the incidence of...
Substance Use & Misuse
2005
Tom F. M. Ter Bogt, Rutger C. M. E. Engels
144 citations
This study examines motives for and consequences of MDMA use at different types of dance parties in the Netherlands (2001 and 2002). Participants were 490 visitors of three different types of rave parties, "club/mellow," "trance/mainstream," and "hardcore" (34% female, mean age 22.3 years, 76.5% MDMA users). Partygoers are motivated primarily by the energetic and euphoric effects they expect...
Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental
October 19, 2004
Iacopo Cancelli, Gabriella Marcon, Matteo Balestrieri
50 citations
Published case reports on complex visual hallucinations (CVH) occurring during antidepressant (AD) treatment were reviewed. Thirteen cases of CVH associated with SSRI treatment, 16 cases during tricyclic drug treatment and seven cases with other AD drug treatments were found. Nine patients were taking concomitant drugs while on therapy with SSRIs and four had a neurological disease in addition...
Addiction
October 1, 2004
N. C. Stefanis, Philippe Delespaul, Cécile Henquet et al.
ABSTRACTAims To investigate the effect of exposure to cannabis early in adolescence on subclinical positive and negative symptoms of psychosis.Design Cross‐sectional survey in the context of an ongoing cohort study.Setting Government‐supported general population cohort study.Participants A total of 3500 representative 19‐year olds in Greece.Measurements Subjects filled in the 40‐item Community...
Addiction
September 15, 2004
David M. Fergusson
6 citations
The report by Stefanis et al. (2004) adds to the evidence linking the heavy use of cannabis with increased risks of psychosis or psychotic symptoms. The advantages of this study include: a large and representative sample; measurement of multiple dimensions of psychotic symptoms; statistical control for reverse causality mediated via distress; and adjustment for comorbid depression. The study...