PS268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Antipsychotic, Psilocybin, Psychosis
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Hallucinogen: a drug/medicine/sacrament that profoundly changes perception of the sensory world, one"s body, time, meaning of things, relationships between things, etc. Those who eat or drink it (or smoke it) see visions either frightful or laughable. Entheogens: generating the divine, within one"s own mind. Phantasticants, mysticomimetics: stimulating fantasy and mystical world"s in our own mind. Psychotomimeticschizogenic/psychotogen: mimicking psychosis or generation of schizophrenia some believe the symptoms of hallucinogens resemble those of the schizophrenic (they don"t) for those who do, the drug itself is called a shizotoxin or psychototoxin. Ergot fungus poisoning causes seizures, hallucinogens, mania, psychosis. 1938 albert hofmann synthesizes lsd-25 (lysergic acid diethylamide) from the ergot fungus. 1943 albert hofmann purposely inadvertently takes lsd. 1943 (soon after) albert hofmann purposely tests a minimal dose on himself (0. 25mg) 1953 sandoz pharmaceuticals applies for fda approval of lsd. From 1967-1971, lifetime prevalence rates among high school seniors rose from 1-18%
