tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post4144726766852894424..comments2024-03-20T07:22:58.096+00:00Comments on Relational psychiatry: Psychedelic drugs and psychiatryDBDoublehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16140020984190294123noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post-4514459642095445582016-12-17T21:42:04.354+00:002016-12-17T21:42:04.354+00:00Mexican psychiatrist _ Dr. Salvador Roquet.Mexican psychiatrist _ Dr. Salvador Roquet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post-60768809671162933732016-12-17T12:54:13.803+00:002016-12-17T12:54:13.803+00:00At the very least, psychedelic drugs can force the...At the very least, psychedelic drugs can force the user (with their consent, naturally) out of their conventional mind state. A Mexican psychiatrist in the 1960s (whose name eludes me at the moment) administered psychedelics to his patients for the expressed purpose of inducing an anxiety state, thereby bringing the "beast" out of its cave for confrontation. If anxiety reduction, i.e., coping mechanisms, are the root reaction that cause us so much pain, then perhaps psychedelics are an important and necessary tool. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post-10447899984291548042016-12-13T11:14:12.339+00:002016-12-13T11:14:12.339+00:00For me the relevance of psychedelic drugs is that ...For me the relevance of psychedelic drugs is that people are seeking out of body experiences like psychosis as an escape from life stressors, cruelties and the unknown. Whereas psychiatry is about punishing or repressing psychoses by coercive measures, using mind bending/control drugs which are horrible, take away agency, cause disabling side effects in the short term, even more disability in the long term, and a shortened life span.<br /><br />Psychosis for me was an escape from traumatic birth labour, caused by induction drugs/chemicals, pushed into me by doctors/nurses in maternity wards to make me deliver on the day shift, to suit their routine and schedule. It wasn't for my benefit. Then when I reacted with psychosis I was further coerced with drugs for externalising my distress.<br /><br />Depression is a major issue in our society because people are internalising their distress. But if we all let it out via psychosis then how could the State control it? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com