Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism
Training Support Package
Participant Guide
Slide 34
Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism:
TICs & TIMs
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“Playing with Our Mind ”
Module Two - The Clinical Neurotoxicology of Chemical Terrorism
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Let’s turn to the last concept – alteration of thought, often manifested as hallucinations.
These screen shots are from Nightmare at 20,000 feet, a classic episode from the 1960s
television series Twilight Zone. Bob Wilson (played by William Shatner), the character
on this slide, is a salesman on a plane for the first time since his nervous breakdown six
months ago. He spots a gremlin on the wing of the plane. Every time someone else
looks out the window the gremlin moves out of view, so nobody believes Bob. Although
at the end he is whisked away in a straitjacket, this was not drug-induced modulation of
thought. However, if you have seen the show, it sends a chill up and down your spine
knowing what he went through - both the difficulty in convincing others of what he had
seen and dealing with his own fear.
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