P.W. Barber

Psychedelic Revolutionaries

Three Medical Pioneers, the Fall of Hallucinogenic Research and the Rise of Big Pharma

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Produktbeschreibung

A fascinating investigation intoa very strange episode of scientific history. P.W. Barber tells the story of theinvention, practice and downfall of psychedelic psychiatry, revealing how itshaped twentieth century understanding of mental health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9781786994363
• ISBN-10: 1786994364
• Artikelnr.: 51573741

Autorenporträt

Patrick Wayne Barber has spent the better part of a decade researching, pondering, and writing on the history of hallucinogenic science in Saskatchewan, the birthplace of "psychedelic." He lives in Buena Vista, Saskatchewan.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Psychedelic Science: The Saskatchewan Experiments
(1951-61) 1. Model Psychoses and the Adrenochrome Hypothesis 2. Psychiatric
Paradigm Clash 3. Beginning Hallucinogenic Therapy 4. The Other World:
Psychedelic Therapy 5. New Frontiers in Psychedelic Research Part II: The
Scientific Fallout: Psychedelic Science on Trial (1961-75) 6. The Great
Schizophrenia Controversy 7. LSD: A New Hope for Alcoholism? 8. Psychedelic
Drug Research, the CIA, and the '60s Counterculture Epilogue