(drug-induced hallucinations)

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• drug-induced hallucination —    Also known as psychedelic hallucination. Both terms are used to denote a hallucination occurring after the use of a psychoactive substance. The British anthropologist Richard Rudgley (b. 1961) defines psychoactive substances as those that… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• drug-induced synaesthesia —    A term used to denote a type of synaesthesia (i.e. a member of the group of perceptual phenomena exemplified by colour hearing) falling into the class of non idiopathic synaesthesias. Etio logically, drug induced synaesthesias are associated… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• perceptual release theory of hallucinations —    Also referred to as dream intrusion, dual input model, and seepage theory. The term perceptual release theory was introduced in or shortly before 1958 by the American psychiatrist Louis Jolyon West (1924 1999) to denote a hypothetical model… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• experiential projector model of hallucinations —    A term that was introduced in or shortly before 1975 by the American psychopharmacologists Ronald K. Siegel and Murray E. Jarvik to denote a hypothetical model for the mediation of hallucinations. The model takes into account (1) the… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• slide show format of visual hallucinations —    Also referred to as movie format of visual hallucinations. Both terms are used to convey the speed and recurrent discontinuities which characterize * visual hallucinations in some individuals. A rapid flow of images, as well as jumps from one… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Fischer's definition of hallucinations —    In 1969 the American psychopharmacologist Roland Fischer defined hallucinations as follows. Hallucinations can be defined as intense sensations with simultaneously inhibited or even blocked intention and ability to verify those sensations… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• animals and hallucinations —    It has been suggested that not only humans but also other animals possess the capacity to hallucinate. Although hallucinatory phenomena experienced by animals are even less accessible to scientific research than those in humans, field and… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• drug use — Introduction       use of drugs for psychotropic rather than medical purposes. Among the most common psychotropic drugs are opiates ( opium, morphine, heroin), hallucinogens (LSD, mescaline, psilocybin), barbiturates, cocaine, amphetamines,… …   Universalium

• drug — drug1 /drug/, n., v., drugged, drugging. n. 1. Pharm. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well being. 2. (in federal law) a. any substance… …   Universalium

• Drug — /droog/, n. Zoroastrianism. the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood. Cf. Asha. [ < Avestan drauga] * * * I Any chemical agent that affects the function of living things. Some, including antibiotics, stimulants, tranquilizers,… …   Universalium

• lysergic acid diethylamide (lsd) and hallucinations —    Lysergic acid diethylamide is known under many names, including LSD, LSD 25, and acid. It is usually classified as a semi synthetic psychedelic substance of the family of ergot alkaloids, as a hallucinogen or an entheogen. The ergo tamine… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations