Question

Which of the following changes is produced by psychoactive drugs?

Options

• Changes only in heart rate and blood pressure

• Changes in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, and behaviour

• Changes only in bone density

• Changes only in digestive enzyme secretion

Answer 1

Psychoactive drugs produce changes in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, and behaviour by acting on the central nervous system. These are the characteristic effects that define psychoactive drugs.