Jagrika Bajaj
Affiliation: Clinical Psychology, Christ University, Bangalore, India
Email: Jagrika Bajaj
Abstract: Extracted from the Ma-Hauge plant, Amphetamines have paradoxical usage in today’s world. On one hand these are used in treatment of disorders like ADHD, narcolepsy and obesity and on the other their un-scrutinized usage by individual not only leads to structural changes in the brain but also causes psychological dependence. This review paper aims to bring to light the various effects-the good and the bad that are caused due to the amphetamine’s usage. Also, this paper reviews the link between the medicinal usage and addiction of common amphetamine drugs. For the literature review, articles were collected from online databases such as EBSCO, ProQuest, Springer, PubMed, Jstor and Google Scholar. The literature search was done using keywords Amphetamines, MDMA, methamphetamine, Brain structures, Adderall, Ritalin.
Keywords: Amphetamines; MDMA; Methamphetamine; Brain Structures; Adderall; Ritalin.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.55032/ATSKj.psychol.2020.1204