Indian Journal of Psychiatry
July 1, 2022
Gokul Raj
3 citations
Sir, Psychedelic studies have reported positive results for depression and anxiety related to cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, treatment-resistant depression, and tobacco and alcohol dependence.[1] Although there are no active psychedelic research studies going on in India, there is growing interest about these substances as evident by numerous social media groups and pages with a...
Turkic Studies Journal
June 22, 2022
Burbar Sukru
1 citation
Shamanism is a system composed of various elements of culture and belief,created by people to understand life and come to grips with what is happeningaround them. It has an elaborate structure in terms of existing in well-roundedcommunities. It has various features that have different aspects compared tothe different times and conditions of the society. It also adopts local beliefsand the...
Addiction Neuroscience
June 22, 2022
Fúlvio Rieli Mendes, Cristiane Dos Santos Costa, Victor Distefano Wiltenburg et al.
55 citations
Substance use disorder (SUD) is a global public health concern that affects millions of people worldwide. Considering current research, addiction has been noted as the last stage of a chronic disease that may impair brain reward circuit responses and affects personal and social life. Treatments for SUD face challenges including availability and limited pharmacological response, often resulting...
JAMA Health Forum
June 17, 2022
Kevin F. Boehnke, Alan K. Davis, Jenna McAfee
20 citations
In 2020, Oregon became the first state in the US to decriminalize use of many illicit substances, including mushrooms containing psilocybin, and allow adults aged 21 years and older to take psilocybin under supervision in state-licensed service centers.Numerous states and municipalities have since proposed similar policies, 1 a process catalyzed by excitement about positive clinical trials of...
Biology
May 31, 2022
Tobias Esch
Happiness is a feeling, an immediate experience, not a cognitive construct. It is based on activity in the brain's neurobiological reward and motivation systems, which have been retained in evolution. This conceptual review provides an overview of the basic neurobiological principles behind happiness phenomena and proposes a framework for further classification. Three neurobiologically distinct...
Sleep
May 25, 2022
Feby Puravath Manikat, Clete A. Kushida
Abstract Introduction Exploding head syndrome is a rare phenomenon characterized by a loud imagined noise at sleep onset. Less commonly, it is associated with a simultaneous stab of pain in the forehead. It may result in recurring arousals and anxiety regarding the events. The underlying pathophysiology remains unknown. Report of Cases: A 27 year old male with no past medical history presented...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
May 13, 2022
Liliana Irizabal
preprint
This project is a systematic review that highlights how beneficial psychedelic psychotherapy can be to those suffering with mental illness. The three mental illnesses chosen to be analyzed in the literature were depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and anxiety. The drugs used in the specific articles included Psilocybin, Ayahuasca(DMT), and MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine;...
Current Pharmaceutical Design
May 10, 2022
M. R. Varı̀, G. Ricci, Marco Cavallo et al.
Discovered in the United States of America (USA) in the 1960s, ketamine was introduced as an anaesthetic drug to specifically replace phencyclidine. Briefly, the substance moved from the medical world to recreational users, since it was discovered that intense psychedelic experiences were obtained with dosages lower than those prescribed for anesthesia. At the end of the 90's, circulated in...
The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update
May 4, 2022
In healthy adults, LSD produces little change in cognition, mood There have been numerous anecdotal reports of beneficial mood and cognitive effects from repeated administration of low doses of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) at intervals of 3 to 4 days, but few controlled studies have been conducted. Animal research has suggested that repeated low doses of LSD could confer antidepressant...
Military Medicine
April 21, 2022
Stephan Rudzki
7 citations
ABSTRACT Introduction Treatment outcomes for PTSD with current psychological therapies are poor, with very few patients achieving sustained symptom remission. A number of authors have identified physiological and immune disturbances in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) patients, but there is no unifying hypothesis that explains the myriad features of the disorder. Materials and Methods The...