Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism
Training Support Package
Participant Guide
Slide 8
Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism:
TICs & TIMs
Clinical Syndromes of the CNS
Altered Modulation of Thoughts = Hallucinations
Module Two - The Clinical Neurotoxicology of Chemical Terrorism
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Alterations in the smooth flow of information in our brain results in hallucinations.
Sensory input is unfiltered resulting in sensory overload and altered modulation of our
thoughts, causing hallucinations and delirium.
Hallucinations are false perceptions that have no basis in the external environment.
There are several different types of hallucinations. These include auditory hallucinations
where one hears voices which are not present. Another type of hallucination is visual.
People who experience visual hallucinations are seeing people or objects that are not
present. Someone who is having hallucinations may not think clearly. For example, it
would be very dangerous to drive a car or operate machinery at the same time one was
experiencing hallucinations. A soldier on the battlefield might become ineffective and
even dangerous to colleagues if he or she was experiencing hallucinations.
The see-saw depicts wavy lines with upended boxes reflecting the altered thought
process.
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