Australasian Psychiatry
February 2007
James Graham Scott, Barry Nurcombe, Judith Sheridan et al.
The aim of the study was to compare the phenomenology of hallucinations in hospitalized adolescents diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychotic disorder. Diagnoses were ascertained in 66 adolescents consecutively admitted to an acute adolescent unit in Australia. Hallucinations were examined to compare their phenomenology in PTSD with psychotic disorder. On most measures,...
The California journal of emergency medicine
February 1, 2007
T. Bey, Anar J. Patel
The California Journal of Emergency Medicine VIII:1 February 2007 Page Clinical Review Phencyclidine Intoxication and Adverse Effects: A Clinical and Pharmacological Review of an Illicit Drug Tareg Bey, MD and Anar Patel, MD Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center Orange, California. Correspondence: Tareg Bey, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Department of Emergency...
Journal of The American Geriatrics Society
2007
Colin S. Tan, Kah-Guan Au Eong
2 citations
To the Editor: We read with interest the report by Drs. McKoy and McGartland describing visual hallucinations in an elderly woman.1 Their patient had several ocular conditions that are known to be associated with Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS)—retinitis pigmentosa, cataracts, and, possibly, angle-closure glaucoma (as evidenced by the bilateral iridectomies). In addition, the patient was elderly,...
Technoetic Arts
2007
Raquel Paricio Garcia
The article is an approach to the possibilities of the evolution of consciousness. The research will be presented from the point of view of the Art and Mystic experiences and also compared with the biological point of view.The differences between the perception space and the representation space will be described, since it is considered that the later represents the location where the...
Neurosciences
2007
B. Issa
Cannabis is one of the oldest, and one of the most widely abused substances. It is available in all parts of the world where it is used commonly as a recreational drug when smoked or consumed in some other ways. It also has some medicinal potential, the reason for which some are calling for its legalization. Cannabis has been associated with several psychiatric problems such as anxiety...
Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior
2007
Jennifer L Newman, Jennifer L Perry, Marilyn E Carroll
Environmental factors, including social interaction, can alter the effects of drugs of abuse on behavior. The present study was conducted to examine the effects of social stimuli on oral phencyclidine (PCP) self-administration by rhesus monkeys. Ten adult rhesus monkeys (M. mulatta) were housed side by side in modular cages that could be configured to provide visual, auditory, and olfactory...
Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São Paulo)
2007
Alexander Moreira-Almeida
39 citations
Since ancient times, spiritual beliefs, practices and experiences have been one of the most influential and prevalent components of most societies.Health providers, researchers and the general population have increasingly recognized the importance of the religious/spiritual dimension to health.The number of studies investigating the relationship of spirituality and health has increased...
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
2007
William B. Jensen
Review of The Chemical Promise: Experiment and Mysticism in the Chemical Philosophy, 1550-1800, Allen G. Debus.
2007
Anthony Steinbock
A phenomenological view of religious experience based on mysticism
Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge
2007
Laurence Nemirow
AbstractThis chapter focuses on the objective grounds for and against the ability hypothesis (AH), which was developed as a response to the Knowledge Argument (KA) — a purported proof of the existence of “phenomenal information”. It argues that while KA capitalizes on the mysticism inspired by “So this is what it's like” and embraces the existence of propositional knowledge that cannot be put...