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Acid test : LSD, Ecstasy, and the power to heal / Tom Shroder.
Van Pelt Library RC483.5.L9 S57 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shroder, Tom, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- LSD (Drug)--Therapeutic use.
- LSD (Drug).
- Ecstasy (Drug)--Therapeutic use.
- Ecstasy (Drug).
- Hallucinogenic drugs--Therapeutic use.
- Hallucinogenic drugs.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder--Treatment.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Mental illness--Treatment.
- Mental illness.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder--Patients--United States--Biography.
- Mentally ill--United States--Biography.
- Mentally ill.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder--Patients.
- United States.
- Lysergic Acid Diethylamide--therapeutic use.
- Medical Subjects:
- Lysergic Acid Diethylamide--therapeutic use.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 426 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- LSD, Ecstasy, and the power to heal
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), [2014]
- Summary:
- "A fascinating, transformative look at the therapeutic powers of psychedelic drugs, particularly in the treatment of PTSD, and the past fifty years of scientific, political, and legal controversy they have ignited, by award-winning journalist Tom Shroder"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Albert (St. Albert's Fire) 1
- 2 Nicolas (A Sign) 12
- 3 Werner and Stan (The Maelstrom of Poe) 20
- 4 Nicholas (What Makes Grass Grow) 23
- 5 Humphry and Aldous (To Fall in Hell or Soar Angelic) 27
- 6 Rick (Brave New World) 40
- 7 Nicholas (Tires, Grille, Kill) 51
- 8 Rick (Hidden Realms) 56
- 9 Nicholas (Dreamland) 68
- 10 Rick (Perilous Terrain) 74
- 11 Nicholas (American Dreams) 79
- 12 Rick (Peak Experiences) 84
- 13 Michael (The Pit) 95
- 14 Nicholas (Taking the Lead) 100
- 15 Rick (Concrete Reality) 103
- 16 Michael (Fertile Soil) 111
- 17 Nicholas ("Man, You're Scared") 115
- 18 Rick (Who Would Be Born) 119
- 19 Michael (Sailing Away) 125
- 20 Nicholas (Going Cyclic) 129
- 21 Rick (Breathing Lessons) 136
- 22 Nicholas (Of Man and Superman) 144
- 23 Rick (Ecstasy and Agony) 151
- 24 Michael (Heal Thyself) 158
- 25 Nicholas ("Got a Light?") 164
- 26 Rick (Forces of Nature) 167
- 27 Michael (Getting to the Root) 179
- 28 Nicholas ("Keep the Glove On") 185
- 29 Rick (Drug Warriors) 191
- 30 Michael (Catnip) 206
- 31 Nicholas (All Gummed Up) 213
- 32 Rick (Full Flower of Depression) 222
- 33 Nicholas (Heavy Duty) 226
- 34 Rick (Hippie of the Year) 230
- 35 Michael (Mather Ibogaine) 239
- 36 Nicholas (Don't Forget to Check Your Guns) 243
- 37 Rick (Machine Elves) 246
- 38 Nicholas (The Maniac In the Mirror) 257
- 39 Rick (Earthquakes and Rainbows) 261
- 40 Michael ("Are You a Psychiatrist?") 279
- 41 Nicholas (Have a Plan) 295
- 42 Michael (Getting Crocked) 300
- 43 Roland Griffiths (A Heating Void) 323
- 44 Nicholas (The Vicious Cycle) 337
- 45 Michael (The Peace Drug) 342
- 46 Nicholas (The Web of Life) 352
- 47 Rick ("Our Lives and Time") 392
- 48 Nicholas (Semper Fl) 402.
- ISBN:
- 9780399162794
- 0399162798
- OCLC:
- 878667917
- Online:
- Cover image
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