@article{ref1,
title="What kills everyone, gives a high for some: recreational snake envenomation",
journal="Asian journal of psychiatry",
year="2017",
author="Shukla, Lekhansh and Reddy, Shiva Shanker and Kandasamy, Arun and Benegal, Vivek",
volume="25",
number="",
pages="106-108",
abstract="There are multiple reports of recreational snake envenomation describing psychotropic effects in absence of any adverse effects. This is in contradiction with known effects of snake venom. We report a case of a young male who subjected himself to repeated envenomation by a snake purported to be 'Indian Cobra' and experienced a 'high'. However, a direct identification of snake revealed it was a benign 'Rat snake'. We attempt to explain the reported psychological effects as a result of high expectation of rewarding experience, strong suggestion, personality traits and most importantly the dangerous nature of willfully receiving snakebites.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1876-2018",
doi="10.1016/j.ajp.2016.10.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2016.10.003"
}