"Hallucinogens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Drugs capable of inducing illusions, hallucinations, delusions, paranoid ideations, and other alterations of mood and thinking. Despite the name, the feature that distinguishes these agents from other classes of drugs is their capacity to induce states of altered perception, thought, and feeling that are not experienced otherwise.
| Descriptor ID |
D006213
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.388 D27.505.954.427.700.372
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| Concept/Terms |
Hallucinogens- Hallucinogens
- Psychotomimetic Agents
- Agents, Psychotomimetic
- Hallucinogenic Agents
- Agents, Hallucinogenic
- Hallucinogenic Substances
- Substances, Hallucinogenic
- Psychedelics
- Psychedelic Agents
- Agents, Psychedelic
- Hallucinogenic Drugs
- Drugs, Hallucinogenic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hallucinogens" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hallucinogens" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hallucinogens" by people in Profiles.
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A landscape analysis of psychedelic retreat organizations advertising online. PLoS One. 2025; 20(5):e0321648.
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Supportive Touch in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy. Am J Bioeth. 2025 Jan; 25(1):29-39.
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Efficacy and safety of psilocybin in the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): A dose-response network meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials. Psychiatry Res. 2025 Feb; 344:116337.
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Knowledge, attitudes, and concerns about psilocybin and MDMA as novel therapies among U.S. healthcare professionals. Sci Rep. 2024 11 14; 14(1):28022.
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Learning how to make use of dissociative therapies. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2024 Dec; 36(8):856-868.
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Developing an Ethics and Policy Framework for Psychedelic Clinical Care: A Consensus Statement. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 06 03; 7(6):e2414650.
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Efficacy and safety of psychedelics for the treatment of mental disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatry Res. 2024 May; 335:115886.
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Psychedelic Therapy: A Primer for Primary Care Clinicians-Ibogaine. Am J Ther. 2024 Mar-Apr 01; 31(2):e133-e140.
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Psychedelic Therapy: A Primer for Primary Care Clinicians-Psilocybin. Am J Ther. 2024 Mar-Apr 01; 31(2):e121-e132.
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Psychedelic Therapy: A Primer for Primary Care Clinicians-The Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of Psychedelic Therapeutics. Am J Ther. 2024 Mar-Apr 01; 31(2):e178-e182.