Psychedelic revolutionaries : LSD and the birth of hallucinogenic research / P. W. Barber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barber, P. W. (Patrick Wayne), 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

LSD (Drug).

Medicine--History--20th century.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 pages)

Other Title:

Psychedelic Revolutionaries

Place of Publication:

Saskatchewan, Canada : University of Regina Press, 2018.

Summary:

"Psychedelic Revolutionaries recounts the history of hallucinogenic-drug research in Saskatchewan, and the pioneering work of Humphry Osmond, Abram Hoffer, and Duncan Blewett. They broke new ground in the 1950s and '60s in the use of hallucinogens, like mescaline and LSD, and the development of treatments for alcoholism and schizophrenia--until Timothy Leary hit the scene and undermined everything with his public pronouncements. Delving into the experiments, the researchers, as well as connections to notables like Aldous Huxley, Linus Pauling, and Alcoholics Anonymous Co-Founder Bill W, Psychedelic Revolutionaries examines popularly held myths surrounding the drugs. It shows how the Saskatchewan research made extensive contributions to this scientific field and led to radical innovations in mental health, many of which have applications and relevance today."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Model psychoses and the adrenochrome hypothesis

Psychiatric paradigm clash

Beginning hallucinogenic therapy

The other world : psychedelic therapy

New frontiers in psychedelic research

The great schizophrenia controversy

LSD : a new hope for alcoholism?

Psychedelic drug research, the CIA, and the '60s counterculture.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780889774216

0889774218

OCLC:

1038796886