Glossary
At Nushama, we envision a world where mental wellness is available to everyone.
Towards that end, our goal is to support you in making an educated and informed decision about how psychedelic assisted therapy can facilitate your journey to mental wellness.
That’s why we’ve put together this glossary of terms – it can be a handy resource to clarify unfamiliar words you may come across in your exploration of services and research related to psychedelic assisted therapy.
If you have any further questions or suggestions for terms to add to this list, please contact us.
a
- Abstinence
- Addiction
- Afterglow
- Alcohol use disorder
- Analgesic
- Anesthetic
b
- Bioavailability
- Bipolar disorder
d
- Dopamine
e
- Ego dissolution
- Esketamine
g
- Gamma-aminobutyric acid
- Glutamate
h
- Holotropic breathwork
i
- Inpatient
- Integration
- Intention
- IV
c
- Clinical depression
m
- Major depressive disorder
- Microdose
- Mood disorder
n
- Neuromodulators
- Neuroplasticity
- Neurotransmitters
o
- Outpatient
p
- Psilocybin
t
- Talk therapy
p
- Psychotherapy
s
- Serotonin
- Set and setting
t
- Trauma
- Treatment-resistant depression
w
- Withdrawal