narcoanalysis
n. a form of psychoanalysis in which injections of drugs (often opioids) are used to induce a semihypnotic state in order to facilitate exploration and ventilation of feelings, uncover repressed traumatic memories, and, through the analyst’s review and interpretation with the patient afterward, promote the patient’s insight into the unconscious forces that underlie his or her symptoms. The technique was developed initially to treat combat stress reactions in the 1940s and is rarely if ever used now.