10 research outputs found
Terápia és rendszerszemlélet (Schmelowszky Ágoston (2012): A lélek rejtett ösvényein. A pszichoanalízis aktualitása a klinikumon innen és túl. Oriold és Társai Kiadó, Budapest)
Substance use and psychological disorders among art and non-art university students: an empirical self-report survey
Media stories often suggest that those working in the creative arts appear to use and abuse psychoactive substances. The aim of the present study was to analyze the relationship between the use of psychoactive substances and the presence of psychological disorders among art and non-art students. Questionnaires related to these two areas were completed by 182 art students in higher education and a control group of 704 non-art university students. To assess psychoactive substance use, a structured questionnaire including the Cannabis Abuse Screening Test (CAST) and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was administered to participants. Psychological disorders were assessed using the Hungarian version of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and the Global Severity Index (GSI). After analyzing the data, significant differences were found between the two groups regarding their first use of psychoactive substances. Art students' current substance use was found to be significantly more frequent compared to the control group. In relation to psychological disorders, art students scored significantly higher on three scales of the BSI (i.e., psychoticism, hostility, and phobic anxiety). Overall, a significantly higher proportion of artists were labeled as "problematic" using the GSI. The results suggest that artists have a higher risk of both substance use and experiencing psychological disorders
A qualitative study on the effects of psychoactive substance use upon artistic creativity
Background: Psychoactive substance use has often been claimed to help generate and facilitate the artistic creative process.
Aims: The present study explored the role of artists’ substance use in their creative processes and their efforts to balance between enhancement and relaxation.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews concerning the artistic creative process and the role of psychoactive substance use were recorded with 72 artists and analyzed using content analysis. The participants were classified according to their substance use in three groups (Cannabis Group, Alcohol Group, and Control Group).
Results: Results show that both alcohol and cannabis were used to facilitate creativity and the emotional states that are necessary for the artistic creative process. Participants in the Control group reported that listening to music might function as a mind-altering tool. It was also found that for some artists, substance use is not only characteristic to creation, but it is also part of their everyday lives.
Conclusion: Artists are aware of the balancing phenomenon during the artistic creative process. Whether psychoactive substance(s) or other environmental stimuli (such as music) are used to reach the required effect appears to depend upon the individual
A Psychoanalytic Reading of The Hours by Michael Cunningham
I chose the title ’A psychoanalitic reading of ’The Hours’ by Michael Cunningham’
for my thesis, because I find interesting and important the question of women and neurosis.
This is frequently discussed in the few decades. The role of women has rapidly changed in the
20th century, so they had to face with other kinds of problems than before. The author not only
examines the question of women, but also other problems of the present day, like AIDS, or
homosexuality.(Introduction)egyetemiangol nyelv és irodalom (levelező
Quasi-mystical experiences induced by psychedelic substances
The goal of this paper is to show that the psychedelic experience offers a unique condition in studying spiritual imagination. The spiritual aspect is frequently present in the psychedelic experience. Psychedelic visions are not psychotic hallucinations, users often find them enjoyable, uplifting, fulfilling and inspiring experiences in spite of their frequently and shockingly transformative aspects. Furthermore, the experience is frequently accompanied by intellectual ruminations and realizations. One of the most important features of the psychedelic altered state of consciousness is its hyper-associative capacity. The flood of associations might easily lead to visions representing the world in a poetic, mythic way, quasi-mystical visions