The psychedelic renaissance : reassessing the role of psychedelic drugs in 21st century psychiatry and society / Dr. Ben Sessa, MBBS, BSc, MRCPsych (Consultant Psychiatrist in Addictions and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Senior Research Fellow at Bristol, Cardiff and Imperial College London Universities).

Author
Sessa, Ben [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Second edition.
Published/​Created
London : Muswell Hill Press, 2017.
Description
xiv, 387 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

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Notes
"April 2017."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-369) and index.
Contents
  • Introduction. Apocalypse now and then
  • Chapter 1. Personal reflection
  • Chapter 2. The experience and the drugs
  • Chapter 3. Early pioneers of the first and second psychedelic eras
  • Chapter 4. The prehistory and ancient history of hallucinogens
  • Chapter 5. Hippie heydays, ravers and the birth of ecstasy
  • Chapter 6. Psychedelic creativity
  • Chapter 7. Modern uses of natural plant and fungi psychedelics
  • Chapter 8. The psychedelic renaissance part one: movers and shakers
  • Chapter 9. The psychedelic renaissance part two: contemporary studies
  • Chapter 10. Psychedelics caught in the crossfire of the war on drugs
  • Conclusion. Back to the future: psychiatry needs psychedelics, and psychedelics need psychiatry.
ISBN
  • 1908995254 ((paperback))
  • 9781908995254 ((paperback))
  • 1908995270
  • 9781908995278
OCLC
975121597
Other standard number
  • 99975057836
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