Consciousness alterations in a cohort of young Swiss men: Associations with substance use and personality traits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substance-induced consciousness alterations (CA) have mainly been studied among users of psychedelics but not among people using street drugs.

Aims

Explore occurrences of three different types of substance-induced CA [ego dissolution (ED), visual pseudo-hallucinations (VPH), anxiety/paranoia (A/P)] and their perceived influences on life, together with their associations with substance use and personality correlates in a general population sample of 25-year-old men.

Methods

2,796 young Swiss men lifetime substance users completed a self-report questionnaire including history of use (never, former, and current) of different substances categories (psychedelics, cocaine, psychostimulants, ecstasy, MDMA, and other drugs), substance-induced ego dissolution (ED),

SUBMITTER: Deligianni ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9846235 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature