Psychiatry and Psychology

Narcotherapy

Intravenous injections of sodium amytal or sodium pentothal to induce a state in which the patient is more relaxed and communicative. Narcosuggestion, narcosynthesis, and narcoanalysis are therapeutic processes using these drug adjuncts.

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Intravenous injections of sodium amytal or sodium pentothal to induce a state in which the patient is more relaxed and communicative. Narcosuggestion, narcosynthesis, and narcoanalysis are therapeutic processes using these drug adjuncts.

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3 entry terms
  • Narcotherapies
  • Narcosynthesis
  • Narcosyntheses

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

NARCOSYNTHESIS was see under NARCOTHERAPY 1968-78

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  1. F04.570w.505w.557w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Narcotherapy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009291. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009291
  2. Narcotherapy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcotherapy
  3. Narcotherapy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6965680