hallucinogens

Question 1

positive connotations of hallucinogens

Answer 1

psychedelic

• mind expanding
• ritualized in cultures

Question 2

entheogenic

Answer 2

generate the divine within
religious experience
positive connotations

Question 3

negative connotations for hallucinogens

Answer 3

mind disrupting mind dissolving

disruptive to the brains usual processing

Question 4

psychotomimetic

Answer 4

having the appearance of psychosis
reflect symptomologies of other disorders
negative connotations

Question 5

operational definition of hallucinogen

Answer 5

chemical that induces perceptions of something that does not exist in the environment
- most distort reality but don’t create hallucination (illusionigenic)

Question 6

illusionigenic

Answer 6

creating illusions from sensory input

Question 7

how do you classify the difference between hallucinations from toxicity (delirium) and hallucinogens

Answer 7

potency of hallucinogens separates them from delirium of toxicity

Question 8

psychedelics

Answer 8

brains “filter” being disabled by the drug

images cannot be seen because of the filter of the brain are seen because drug removes it

Question 9

dissociatives

Answer 9

physical numbing
analgesia, amnesia and anesthesia
psychological detachment

Question 10

derealization

Answer 10

perception of a dream like state or unreal

Question 11

depersonalization

Answer 11

detached or removed from the body (out-of-body) one with the universe

Question 12

deliriant

Answer 12

confusion, inability to control behaviour and often rage

Question 13

difference between toxic and deliriant

Answer 13

if a small amount causes- deliriant

if a large amount causes- toxic

Question 14

what are the 3 psychological effects of hallucinogens

Answer 14

1. Psychedelic
2. Dissociative
3. Deliriant

Question 15

structural similarity: serotonin

Answer 15

LSD/DMT

Question 16

structural similarity: norepinephrine

Answer 16

esctacy/mescalines

Question 17

structural similarity: acetylcholine

Answer 17

scopolamine

Question 18

structural similarity: no similarity

Answer 18

PCP, ketamine salvia

Question 19

legal status o hallucinogen

Answer 19

schedule 3: legal to possess/ licence

illegal to produce/ traffic

Question 20

sensory distoritions

Answer 20

not creating something that doesn’t exist, alter what exists in environment
visual- colours contrast size
auditory- amplified but unclear
smell taste touch

Question 21

synesthesia

Answer 21

crossing of sensory modality

can taste the counter by touching it- activation areas bleed out in the other areas of the brain

Question 22

2 stages of hallucinations

Answer 22

1- visual images can be seen with eyes closed
geometric patterns (serotonin)
2- meaningful images of people/animal/places
change rapidly and recognized as not real (glutamate)
interpret sensory distortions into higher order cognitions