Recent research offers good reason to think that various psychedelic drugs-including psilocybin, ayahuasca, ketamine, MDMA, and LSD-may have significant therapeutic potential in the treatment of various mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, existential distress, and addiction. Although the use of psychoactive drugs, such as Diazepam or Ritalin, is well...
Introduction Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug; 3.8% of the world’s population consumes cannabis on a regular basis. Cannabis use–associated alterations in the domain of cognition have been extensively studied. Objectives To research memory deficiency in the young consumers of cannabis in Tunisia. Methods This is a transversal descriptive study conducted during two months (January...
Pets can have accidental, intentional, or malicious exposure to illicit drugs. It is a growing concern over the last decade because there is an increase in usage of illicit drugs in humans and diagnosis is difficult. Owners are often not aware of exposure, or they are reluctant to admit possession of recreational drugs in the household due to potential legal consequences. In addition, illicit...
One of the most widely consumed new psychoactive substances (NPS) families in Europe are synthetic cathinones. Cathinone structure can be easily modified resulting in new derivatives that rapidly reach drug markets. In this work, the recently detected synthetic cathinone N-cyclohexyl butylone has been characterized by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC–MS), liquid...
Psychiatric NewsFebruary 16, 2023Jacques Ambrose, Jeffrey S Zabinski
With the impending FDA review of the phase 3 data for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, experts reflect on ethical considerations, appropriate use, and access. The groundswell of interest in psychedelics in psychiatry, medicine broadly, and in popular culture continues without a peak in sight. Though the term “psychedelic” was coined in the 20th century, these compounds have an extensive...
Abstract This chapter clarifies how two major representatives of the postmodern philosophical discourse known as “French feminism” engage with Christian mystical sources to theorize the conditions of women’s subjectivity and flourishing. It traces the development of their ideas from the 1970s through the 2000s. It begins with Irigaray’s early account of women’s mystical ecstasy as a subversion...
No single effective therapy for alcohol abuse has been found, despite it being a serious sociological and economic problem for hundreds of years. It seems difficult to find a single drug as a panacea for the alcohol problem due to the complexity of the pathophysiology of alcohol dependence. The purpose of this narrative review is to review existing and potentially future pharmaceuticals for the...
AbstractPsychedelic compounds hold promise for alleviating human suffering. Initial trials of psychedelic-assisted treatments have established feasibility and safety, generating calls for replications. Meanwhile, social and medical sciences have drawn criticism due to perceptions of replication failures and varying public trust in empiricism. Data suggest that researchers and the public...
Introduction Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants represent first-line pharmacological treatment for a variety of neuropsychiatric illnesses, including major depressive disorder (MDD), anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which show high rates of comorbidity. SSRIs have a delayed onset of action. Most patients do not show significant effects until 4–8...
Epistemic coalitions are international nonstate actors comprised of technical experts, political advocates, and private sector representatives. Discussion of epistemic coalitions has been until recently subsumed within the larger discussion of epistemic communities, which are organizations solely comprised of technical experts. This dissertation seeks to build upon a recent scholarly trend of...