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.
Semantic type(s): Pharmacologic Substance; Hazardous or Poisonous Substance
MeSH record created: 01/01/1999
MeSH record revised: 30/06/2005