Mental incapacitants

Psychosis is a state wherein the victim usually does not function within the "normal" tenets of society. S/he may have extremes of temperament from severe depression to euphoria without apparent cause. S/he may suffer from incorrect ideas, that is. illusions and delusions, or actually see and hear things which are not there (hallucinations). In other words, there is a noticeable absence of reality. Schizoid personalities are withddrawn, solitary, emotionally cold and distant. The fantasies they experience may be a way of coping. Misconceptions about the diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia have led to the abandonment of thousands of mentally incapacitated to the streets without the care they need. 

Allen and Safer (271) compared the temporal characteristics of Intoxication Induced by Intramuscular Injections of 0.25 mg of EA 3580 In the hydrochloride form In men resting In the laboratory and In men considerably more active In connection with field testing. The subjects In both situations developed their Initial deficits In performance In the Ihimber Facility Test at the same rate, but the subjects In the field test experienced a somewhat smaller deficit and returned toward normal more rapidly. The duration of marked mental Incapacitation among the subjects In the field test was about six-tenths that among those In the laboratory. 

Most of the cases showed evidence of permanent damage. Severe cases were left with complete physical and mental incapacitation. 

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Incapacitants. Incapacitating agents, or incapacitants, are just what the name implies. In wartime, soldiers and civiUans must be physiologically, physically, and mentally able to perform their jobs. Thus, an agent rendering an individual incapable of job performance may be classified as an incapacitating agent (6,7). 

Temporary mental paralysis The short lived incapacitation of the capability of making use of available information. Postulated as being due to the sudden switch from under- to overstimulation at times of crises... 

Riot control/incapacitants, which cause extreme discomfort or mental confusion such as tear gas, chloroacetophenone (CN), or 3-quinuclidinylben-zilate (BZ). 

Once they reach acetylcholine receptors, BZ molecules hang on for dear life. So tenacious is their grip that they take hit after hit from the weaker acetylcholine molecules. For tens of hours acetylcholine is unable to exert command and control of mental activities. Like sugar in a gas tank, BZ gums up the transmission. The result is incapacitation. 

In summary, DMHP and some of its acetate Isomers produced various degrees of physical incapacitation due largely to the moderate to marked and prolonged orthostatic hypotension. Blood pressure was normal In the supine position. Mental effects of DMHP were much less severe than those of THC or cannabis at doses that produced similar degrees of orthostatic hypotension. Individual differences in intensity of response were considerable some subjects showed little or no response at doses that produced Intense symptoms in other subjects. 

Depression is an incapacitating condition wherein a person is in the midst of despair, lethargy, loss of interest, sex drive, and perhaps even the will to live. It is theorized that a lack of NE and DA is the cause of such a mental state and that either stimulating these systems or preventing their destruction or reuptake reinstates the balance in the CNS. 

Incapacitation - either physical (inability to escape) or mental (incorrect decision-making)... 

The metabolic defect involved in alkaptonuria w as suggested by Bateson (34) as early as 1902 to be inherited as a recessive Mendelian character, and later evidence has supported this prediction (395, 643). Gross (322) in 1914 concluded that it was due to lack of a specific enzyme. Alkaptonuria, unlike phenylketonuria, is not accompanied by mental symptoms and is not an incapacitating disorder except insofar as it may lead to ochronosis and arthritis (c/. 598). 

A standard military classification of CW agents refers to cyanides as lethal blood agents HCN is coded AC (HMSO, 1987 Maynard, 1999). In the context of CW operational situations, cyanide is likely to be dispersed atmospherically and would be used for either low-concentration mental and physical incapacitations or high-concentration lethal objectives. For the former, it is well known that exposure to HCN vapor produces a disturbance of consciousness and perception, and combined with muscle weakness and ataxia would cause mental and physical incapacitation of troops and a... 

Incapacitating Agent is an agent that produces temporary physiological or mental effects, or both, which will render individuals incapable of concerted effort. Effects do not terminate when removed from contact with the agent. Compare with Riot Control Agents. 

La nation assure a l individu et a la famille les conditions necessaires a leur develop-pement. (11) Elle garantit a tous, notamment a 1 enfant, a la mere et aux vieux travail-leurs, la protection de la sante, la securite materielle, le repos et les loisirs. Tout etre humain qui, en raison de son age, de son etat physique ou mental, de la situation economi-que, se trouve dans 1 incapacite de travailler a le droit d obtenir de la collectivite des moyens convenables d existence. 

By means of the pointed mechanisms the incapacitating agents of psychic effect accomplish temporary mental disorders of hallucinogenic depressive or excitement character, which in specific conditions may be accompanied by damages to other organs and systems. The toxic dose and the illness period are different for the separate representatives of these mass poisons and depend on their chemical characteristics. The main representatives of the different groups are given in Table 2... 

BZ, 3-quinuclinidinyl benzilate, is an antagonist at central and peripheral muscarinic cholinergic receptors. It produces both mental and physical incapacitation in humans. 

A second type of chemical weapon is rather new but has already attracted considerable military interest throughout the world—the large-scale use on the battlefield of chemicals which are not basically lethal in themselves but which produce a temporary and reversible incapacitation—for example, temporary mental confusion, temporary anesthesia, narcosis, paralysis, temporary blindness. Such chemicals used in conjunction with other nonnuclear arms could contribute to the success of a military operation, with a significant reduction in loss of life—particularly in comparison to the casualties associated with nuclear use. A situation where nonlethal weapons might be of considerable significance is found in so-called limited wars, or less than total wars, where military operations are limited in scale, area, participants, and degree of violence. In such wars it is desirable to stamp out aggression at the earliest possible moment and with minimum loss of life and property. 

Incapacitating compounds, which can temporarily impair the mental or physical processes, show promise for military use. They might permit a force to gain its objective without killing or maiming personnel, military or civilian. 

Their range of activity covers the entire living system, from mental processes (e.g. endorphins) to many aspects of health such as control of mood, consciousness, temperature control, sleep, or emotions, exerting regulatory effects on the body. Even a small imbalance in the natural substances could have serious consequences, including fear, fatigue, depression or incapacitation. These substances would be extremely difficult to detect but could cause serious consequences or even death if improperly used. 

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