Psychedelic drugs psychological effects

Among other things, Don Juan tried to train Castaneda to stabilize the effects of the psychedelic drugs so that he could get into particular d-ASCs suited to particular kinds of tasks at various times. Thus, the addition of further psychological patterning forces to the primarily disruptive forces caused by psychedelic drugs enables development of d-ASCs with particularly interesting properties. 

Another long-term health effect of psychedelic use is persistent or drug-induced psychosis, in which former users can fall into a long-lasting psychotic-like state. They can appear severely depressed, have mood swings, and have hallucinations and visual disturbances. Like HPPD, persistent psychosis can last for years. Often it occurs in people who have no previous history of psychological problems. 

It should be noted that when a therapist takes LSD, he enters a state in which he can communicate with schizophrenic patients in a direct, close, empathic fashion. This communication opens the door to effective psychological treatment for schizophrenia. The schizophrenic is lost in time, and a therapist who will enter the paths of his disordered thinking, once he can establish trust, can lead the patient out of the disorder. It is not always sufficient to call out from the forest s edge to rescue someone lost. One must sometimes go in himself. from Toward an Individual Psychedelic Psychotherapy, by Masters, R.E.L. Houston, J. in Psychedelics The Uses and Implications of Hallucinogenic Drugs... 

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