PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -What is it? Types of hallucinogens: LSD, mescaline, psilocybin, PCP, cannabis, ecstasy, ketamine, salvia and others. The term hallucinogen refers to many different drugs, which are often called “psychedelic” drugs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dopamine. In schizophrenia (SCZ), there is evidence that very high levels of dopamine in the limbic system play a major role in emergence of hallucinations and delusions.

Detailed explanation-3: -It can produce a wide variety of psychotic symptoms, including hallucinations, thought disorder, and catatonia. Hypertension, tachycardia, and nystagmus are also common.

Detailed explanation-4: -That hallucinogens ‘stimulate’ serotonin 2A receptors means that they mimic the action of serotonin at the receptor by binding to it, altering its conformation or ‘shape’, and ultimately altering the internal conditions and therefore behaviour of the neuron it sits on.