Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuro-imagerie Robin L. Carhart-Harris, Suresh Muthukumaraswamy, Leor Roseman, Mendel Kaelen, Wouter Droog, Kevin Murphy, Enzo Tagliazucchi, Eduardo E. Schenberg, Timothy Nest, Csaba Orban, Robert Leech, Luke T. Williams, Tim M. Williams, Mark Bolstridge, Ben Sessa, John McGonigle, Martin I. Sereno, David Nichols, Peter J. Hellyer, Peter Hobden, John Evans, Krish D. Singh, Richard G. Wise, H. Valerie Curran, Amanda Feilding, and David J. Nutt PNAS (Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of the USA), 2016, 113, 17, 4853-4858 www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1518377113 Abstract Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is the prototypical psychedelic drug, but its effects on the human [...]
Lire la suiteLSD Brings Your Brain to the Edge of Chaos This new LSD study is like an acid trip all on its own. This story was first published by Tonic, VICE's health site. You can now find the same great health content right here at vice.com. One Saturday in 1964, neurologist Oliver Sacks took a bit of amphetamines, LSD, a “touch” of cannabis, faced a white wall in his home, and said “I want to see indigo now—now!” “And then,” he wrote in the New Yorker in 2012, “as if thrown by a giant paintbrush, there appeared a huge, trembling, pear-shaped blob of the [...]
Lire la suiteLSD Changes Something About The Way You Perceive Time We measure time in set amounts— seconds, minutes, and hours. But the way time feels is more slippery. Shayla Love, December 3, 2018, Grotmarsel/ Getty This story was first published by Tonic, VICE's health site. You can now find the same great health content right here at vice.com. In 2015, when cognitive neuroscientist Devin Terhune was hit by a car, the impact took less than a second, but he felt it to be much longer. “I was riding [my bike] very fast, and so when I hit the car I went flying back around 15 feet or more,” he [...]
Lire la suitePsychedelic therapy as a complementary treatment approach for alcohol use disorders Peter EISCHENS and William Leigh ATHERTON Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 2018, 2, (1), pp. 36–44 DOI: 10.1556/2054.2018.005 Background : Traditional treatment interventions for alcohol use disorders (AUD) have produced mixed outcomes and the global increase in AUDs demands novel and innovative approaches to addiction treatment. Psychedelic substances have been reintroduced into the Western medical community as a potential intervention to complement the treatment of AUDs. Objectives : This paper will discuss the implications of using psychedelic substances as a complementary approach within the treatment of AUDs. Methods : A thorough review of pertinent research focused [...]
Lire la suiteThe Ethics of Taking the Drugs You Study Should psychedelic scientists trip on the drugs they research? Shayla LOVE VICE.com, May 14 2019 From 1960 to 1962, the Harvard Psilocybin Project conducted unconventional experiments, like giving psilocybin to prison inmates to see if it would reduce recidivism, or doling it out to theology students to provoke a religious experience. Led by Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, their goal was to test the potential applications of the active ingredient in magic mushrooms. Leary was a clinical psychologist and professor at Harvard. After taking mushrooms in 1960, he “declared that he learned more in the following five [...]
Lire la suiteMental health of a self-selected sample of psychedelic users and self-medication practices with psychedelics Natasha L. MASON and Kim P. C. KUYPERS Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 2018, 2, (1), pp. 45–52 DOI: 10.1556/2054.2018.006 Background : A substantial number of people worldwide suffer from mental health problems during their lifetime. First-line treatments are not effective for everybody. Recent studies suggest that psychedelic drugs have high therapeutic potential for a variety of mental disorders. Aims : This survey study aimed to assess the tendency of psychedelic users to self-medicate with psychedelics and to compare the effectiveness of self-administered psychedelics to treat their disorder and the treatment offered [...]
Lire la suiteInside bad trips : Exploring extra-pharmacological factors Genis ONA Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 2018, 2, (1), pp. 53–60 DOI: 10.1556/2054.2018.001 Objective : This study aimed to clarify the influence of extra-pharmacological factors in the etiology of bad trips, a common adverse reaction related to the consumption of psychedelic drugs. Methods : A descriptive approach was adopted. The information was collected using a web-based survey. The survey respondents volunteered to participate based on the condition that they had suffered a bad trip in the past. Results : This report reveals some variables that are commonly related to this adverse reaction (i.e., the recreational consumption of drugs, the [...]
Lire la suitePerceptions of the medicinal value of hallucinogenic drugs among college students JARED I. WILDBERGER, CASSANDRA N. JOHN and ROBERT M. HALLOCK Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 2017, 1(2), pp. 50–54 DOI: 10.1556/2054.01.2017.008 Background : This survey examined perceptions among college students about the potential medicinal benefits of hallucinogenic drugs. Current research and potential benefits include an ability to help anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and addiction with hallucinogen-assisted psychotherapy. Methods : We devised and administered a survey on 124 students at two college campuses, one small private college in the mid-Atlantic and one medium-sized public university in the Midwest of the United States. Results: Responses were similar [...]
Lire la suiteThe hyperassociative mind: The psychedelic experience and Merleau-Ponty’s “wild being” CSABA SZUMMER, LAJOS HORVÁTH, ATTILA SZABÓ, EDE FRECSKA and KRISTÓF ORZÓI Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 2017, 1, (2), pp. 55–64 DOI: 10.1556/2054.01.2017.006 Purpose : In contemporary phenomenology, Dieter Lohmar has suggested that the new task of phenomenological research is to analyze the “alternative representational systems” of fantasy. In line with this program, we propose that psychedelic experience could also be suitable subject to this project subsumed under the wider category of fantasy activity. The aim of this paper is to show that psychedelic experiences offer a favorable situation to study the imagination. Method : The [...]
Lire la suiteAnxiety, panic, and hopelessness during and after ritual ayahuasca intake in a woman with generalized anxiety disorder : A case report Rafael G. DOS SANTOS, Flavia L. OSÓRIO, José Alexandre S. CRIPPA and Jaime E. C. HALLAK Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 2017, 1, (1), pp. 35–39 DOI: 10.1556/2054.01.2017.004 Background and aims : Ayahuasca is a dimethyltryptamine- and β-carboline-rich hallucinogenic beverage traditionally used by indigenous groups of Northwest Amazonian for ritual and therapeutic purposes. Animal and human studies suggest that ayahuasca has antidepressant and anxiolytic potentials and has a good safety profile. However, anxiety-like reactions may also occur after ayahuasca intake, although they are rare. Methods [...]
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