Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2017/LSD and emotion

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 12:13, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

= Feedback = Hey there!! Thanks for your feedback on my page, the articles you suggested were actually super helpful, I really hope I have enough time to talk about them, they fit in perfectly with my topic.

I have had a quick read of your chapter and it looks like it is a super interesting and fun topic to discuss! I loved reading about the historical uses of LSD, I didn't realise it was ever legal! What a shame in that it became illegal after being used for such great psychotherapy reasons. I like the use of your review quiz questions; they would be great after every major heading in your chapter to keep the reader on their toes!

I found an article that may be interesting for you (hopefully this helps!) its reference is below:

d'Angelo, L., Savulich, G., & Sahakian, B. (2017). Lifestyle use of drugs by healthy people for enhancing cognition, creativity, motivation and pleasure. British Journal of Pharmacology, 174(19), 3257-3267. doi:10.1111/bph.13813

I had a quick read, and it really builds upon the good side of drugs that isn't really broadcast to the public.

Anyway, I hope this helps! Im interested to see how your topic develops, and will stay in touch if you have any further thoughts!

Demibree (discuss • contribs) 02:48, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Author response 1
Hi Demi,

The legality of LSD is really strange. From the research I've done it has been really difficult to find anything peer reviewed on when and why it became illegal. Even just finding a date has been really hard! From non-peer reviewed webpages it seems to be that LSD was discovered, it began to make really huge changes in psychiatry making people who have not had any success with the current treatments at the time for depression and alcoholism have a 180 degree change in there views and either become less depressed or significantly less likely to drink excessively. All from LSD changing the way their brain connected things and how they saw the world!

LSD was particularly big in the US during the 'hippy' era. Everyone was doing it, including researchers as LSD really boosts creativity and out of the box thinking. From my research it seems like the government just freaked out over this new wave of thinking and drug taking and they simply didn't like it. So they criminalised it. There is so little information out there on why it was criminalised it makes me think that its been covered up, or at the very least people didn't write about it as they didn't want to be associated with something that had become demonised.

Criminalising it halted research in this incredibly promising direction. I think has held back the way we have looked at treatment for years! Thankfully, the beginning of the resurgence into alternative forms of treatment like LSD now upon us. I think marijuana use for cancer sufferers started it off again and I hope its building momentum continues and we can help people in ways that hasn't been seen in the last 50-60 years!

U3117276 (discuss • contribs) 03:11, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

User response
Hi again,

Oh wow, it seems like one big conspiracy theory! That makes me super curious as to why the cover up occurred, or why there isn't much information out there about it! It really is a shame. I mean sure - drugs like LSD can and will always be able to fall into the hands of people who abuse its use - but this is the case for many drugs, legal and not illegal - like alcohol and cigarettes!! I find it really disappointing that you haven't been able to find much that is peer reviewed about the topic. Maybe you could however make a little sub-heading about non-peer reviewed research? I'm not sure how well this would fit in with the marking criteria, but if you are really desperate to include some of that really interesting information you should go for it!

Also, after having another brief look over your page - I think you could definitely add in some hyperlinks to wikipedia pages within some of the sections that you have completed; as there are some terms that not everybody would understand and wikipedia links provide better detail.

Hope to hear from you again soon!

Demibree (discuss • contribs) 03:36, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Author response
Yeah the lack of information is really annoying! I did find one article (that I have put into my book chapter) about how it was said if you want to throw your research career away- study psychedelics. Social stigma ruins so much! It's the same with micro-dosing (which you can read about on my page). There hasn't been anything peer reviews at all on how micro dosing can improve your creativity and functioning! All the research so far has just been individual people self reporting their findings. And the findings look so promising! I'm really looking forward to a proper study being done. U3117276 (discuss • contribs) 04:29, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

User response
Haha, what a thing for an article to say!! Yeah I can imagine, I have found a similar social opinion regarding my chapter - sex! And maybe there will be. Have you found that the study of LSD and other illegal drugs has increased over recent years? Because, I am assuming if you have been able to find some in recent years (and then back in the 50s and 60s) - surely it means there is a rise coming along!

Demibree (discuss • contribs) 22:54, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

I would also suggest moving the user comment you have under your conclusion title in your chapter! I am sure it was meant to be placed in your discussion section!

Demibree (discuss • contribs) 23:00, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Author response
In the last few years there have been more and more articles being published on LSD and other illegal drugs. The studies are even becoming more publicly accessible, on my chapter page I have put a link to a TedTalk done by Carhhart-Harris, who seems to be leading the way with work in this area, so many of the articles I found were written by him, it has made referencing a bit harder though! U3117276 (discuss • contribs) 01:10, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Social contribution thank you note response
Hi,

I just wanted to thank you for the lovely note you left on my discuss page in regards to my chapter ghrelin, leptin, hunger and eating. It made my day to read your feedback and I am so happy that my chapter helped you link in to a youtube ted talk. I had a look at your chapter and I can also see that you have done a lot of work and put a lot of effort into creating your chapter. It is an interesting read and a very interesting topic. Good luck with marking, I hope you get a great result for all your hard work.

--EmmaCane28 (discuss • contribs) 05:22, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Moved comment from conclusion page
Wojak McFeelson (discuss • contribs) 18:41, 23 October 2017 (UTC)Wojak McFeelsonWojak McFeelson (discuss • contribs) 18:41, 23 October 2017 (UTC) - I would suggest that you expand your points some more. The law part is good it just needs to be fleshed out a little more.

Conclusion comment response
Thanks for the advice, I wanted to write more about the laws surrounding LSD but I don't think the work count will let me. Especially since it doesn't really meet the marking criteria as it doesn't have much to do with the relationship between LSD and our emotions. U3117276 (discuss • contribs) 00:16, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:44, 5 December 2017 (UTC)