Hallucinogens: Good For Your Mental Health?
Last week’s article in the journal Science looked at the effects of the anesthetic/dissociative drug ketamine (Vitamin K or “Special K” on the street) on brain cell function in rats, concluding that “ketamine might be useful in treating depression because it increases brain activity instantly — so there is no need to wait weeks or months for the drug to take effect.”
Another article from the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience reviewed the state-of-the-art in psychedelic science and found that “countless studies show that hallucinogens promote healthy neural activity in the brain. The researchers also created a chart to show what test subjects’ states of mind are, according to studies, when under the influence of various substances.”
IMAGE: “Assessing altered states of consciousness” (click to enlarge)
Source: “Psychedelics May Be Good For Our Mental Health” (Lanny-Yap)
*This blog post was originally published at Shrink Rap*
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