To prescribe oneself with a stigmatised herbal medicine carries a significant amount of resposability.As with all prescriptions the side effects have to be taken very seriously and measured against required benefits,any denial will continue to stigmatise and demonise.Self diagnosis will be frowned upon by the medical profession,the pharmasuitacle industry ,and government ,for obvious reasons.The mental state of the herbs user is of paramount importance,age ,social and financial circumstances also play a major roll.Self diagnosis and prognosis can be extremely dangerous,and in some caes very helpful. This will depend on the inividual.
2007-10-28 23:10:47 · 4 answers · asked by G 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
This drug, like alcohol, is a mood drug. It tends to enhance the mood you are in. You are likely to have moments of remembering things with emotional content, but your ability to properly process this information and draw meaning from it depends on many other factors. One of those factors is that these drugs reduce your ability to process this information over time and dosage. So you have experiences, but have a reduced ability to process the information effectively.
2007-10-28 23:35:28 · answer #1 · answered by cavassi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most don't like responsibility. Which is why the pharmaceutical industry is blooming when it comes to 'mind' drugs.
As to it being cathartic ... it's a negligable side effect compared to the side effects the pharmaceuticals have on offer should it be one of them ...
2007-10-28 23:58:36 · answer #2 · answered by Part Time Cynic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pharmaceutical...correct spelling and proper grammar will have a greater impact.
2007-10-28 23:24:43 · answer #3 · answered by bill m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can lead t o catharsis
it can also lead to a number of other places
2007-10-28 23:14:26 · answer #4 · answered by laurence c 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋