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May 19, 2024



(Vesna, Lecture 3 Week 7). I was fascinated and surprised to hear about Frued's cocaine used his role in medical malpractice. (Vesna, Lecture 3 Week 7). It is strange to learn that cocaine and morphine, which are now common household medications, were once found in soft drinks. (Vesna Lecture 3 Week 7). The lecture this week made me reflect on our willingness to adopt technological and scientific innovations without carefully considering the risks. I wonder what will be today's "cocaine", i.e. what item or chemical in our daily life is going to become dangerous and banned.




Carl Jung writes, "We suffer from anxiety and neurosis today because the conscious and unconscious parts of us are not connected" (Jung). Jung observes that our culture is reliant on instant gratification. Pharmaceuticals are often the first option for treating depression in some cases. Although I strongly support psychiatric medication, as I have seen their positive results in the lives of my family and myself, I think that other forms introspection and connection to ourselves would be beneficial for a primary treatment for depression and disconnection. When I attended Dr. Korb’s "Applied Positive Neuroscience” course, I was surprised to learn that studies showed meditation to be as effective as SSRIs for treating depression. At the time I thought that SSRIs were the only solution to depression and all other things like diet, sleep, and meditation weren't a cure. As these scientific innovations such as medications become more popular, I believe they will become the predominant solution, and may even overshadow other, equally effective, practices.

While reading about Neuroculture  I found it amazing that the reading was talking about the connection between art and science with pop culture. In the film Prozac, they demonstrated neuroscience and their way of thinking to the community. The film showed a famous museum (Psychiatry) and the museum show how capitalism and the money that psychiatry makes can result in deaths. The museum also had amazing technology like lobotomies, electric shock and hypnosis that represented therapeutic measures and the museum is used to educated the community and to show the down side of psychiatry and how they used technology to abuse people


Work Cited

Museum Home Page, www.cchrmuseum.org/. Accessed 19 May 2024. 

A;, Grzybowski. “[The History of Cocaine in Medicine and Its Importance to the Discovery of the Different Forms of Anaesthesia].” Klinika Oczna, U.S. National Library of Medicine, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17687926/. Accessed 19 May 2024. 

Author links open overlay panelC.J. Alves 1 2, et al. “Very Long-Term Effects of Chronic Cocaine on Anxiety and Stress.” The Neuroscience of Cocaine, Academic Press, 26 May 2017, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978012803750800035X. 

“The Connection between Cocaine and Anxiety: Why You Should Be Aware.” Defining Wellness Centers, definingwellness.com/resources/the-connection-between-cocaine-and-anxiety-why-you-should-be-aware/. Accessed 19 May 2024. 

“Cocaine and Anxiety: Learn the Connection Here: Arrow Passage.” Arrow Passage Addiction Treatment Center in Ohio, 8 Apr. 2021, www.arrowpassage.com/cocaine-and-anxiety/. 

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