Psychoactive drugs
What is the other name for psychoactive drugs?
Psychotropic Drugs
What is the scientific name for peyote?
Mescaline
What is the relationship between mystical experiences and alcoholism, tobacco use, depression and anxiety?
The greater the depth of the mystical experience, all of these things will decrease
T/F: Psychoactive drugs directly affect neuronal activity
True
What is the name of the psychedelic drug that was in Asia during the opium trade?
Scopolamine
What did the FDA refer to psilocybin as?
A breakthrough treatment
What are the ways psychoactive drugs affect psychology?
Mood, behavior, cognition, perception
What are the 2 synthetic psychedelic drugs?
LSD and Psilocybin
Explain mystical experiences
Deep feeling of spiritual meaning and interconnectedness. Transcendence of time and space, sacredness, and spiritually moved
What are 2 myths about psychedelic drugs?
They cannot damage the brain
They cannot cause a fatal overdose
What are the places that psychedelics can be obtained from?
Plants, fungi, amphibians, fish, ants
What can be supplemented with psychedelic drugs and how did this affect depression and anxiety?
Meditation, it was shown to decrease both D & A
What are the other two names for psychedelics that are no longer used?
Hallucinogens and psychominetics
Give a brief explanation of the history of psychedelics.
Use all the relevant information we learned in class
40's, 50's, 60's - used in studies to treat things
Banned in 1971
70's, 80's, 90's - villainized
2000's - It can be used in therapy
What were the abstinence rates for 6 months out of treatment? 1 year out? What did subjects report?
6 mos. - 80%
1 year - 60%
"More curious, sense of awe, deeper appreciation of aesthetics, greater altruism and interconnectedness"