Ben Sessa

The Psychedelic Renaissance

Reassessing the Role of Psychedelic Drugs in 21st Century Psychiatry and Society

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Produktbeschreibung

A path-defining exploration of the history, cultural influence, pharmacology, legal aspects, safety, research, and clinical applications of psychedelic drugs

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Aeon Books Ltd
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781913274511
• ISBN-10: 1913274519
• Artikelnr.: 72807710

Autorenporträt

Dr Ben Sessa has worked for twenty years as a consultant psychiatrist specialising in childhood trauma and adult addictions and is one of the leading international experts on psychedelic therapies for treating mental disorders. He qualified from UCL medical school in 1997 and has since trained as an MDMA, psilocybin and ketamine therapist, as well as writing dozens of academic papers and textbooks on psychedelics. Dr Sessa is a former faculty member at Imperial College London, a former co-founder of the UK's first psychedelic medical clinic, Awakn Life Sciences, former co-founder of Breaking Convention, Europe's largest multidisciplinary psychedelic research conference, and one of the first psychiatrists to prescribe medical cannabis in the UK. He currently runs Consultancy Agency for Psychedelic Services (CAPS).

Inhaltsangabe

Author's Notes to the Third Edition
Introduction
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 Psychedelics
Chapter 5: Hippie Heydays, Ravers and the Birth of Ecstasy
Chapter 6: Psychedelic Creativity
Chapter 7: Modern Uses of Natural Plant and Fungi Psychedelics and -
Psychedelic Wellbeing and Retreat Centres
Chapter 8: The Psychedelic Renaissance Part One: A Few Movers and Shakers -
And the growth of Psychedelic Pharmaceutical Biotech Corporations-
'Corporadelics'
Chapter 9: The Psychedelic Renaissance Part Two: Contemporary Studies
Chapter 10: The Psychedelic Renaissance Part Three: The Growth of
Psychedelic Therapist Training Programs - And What's Going on Down Under?
Chapter 11: The Psychedelic Renaissance Part Four: The Growth of Global
Psychedelic Societies and the Popularization of Psychedelic Culture. And
Safeguarding Issues and the Importance of Diversity and Recognition of
Indigenous Cultures.
Chapter 12: Caught in the Crossfire of the War on Drugs
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography and Further Reading
Index