Psychedelic Medicine: The Healing Powers of LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca Kindle Edition

I’m a layman, but I’ve been interested in psychology for as long as I can remember, well before my interest in psychedelics peaked. From research and lived experience I’d come to believe our understanding and treatment of mental illness is woefully insufficient. This book is an inspiring look at what’s been happening with research by the pioneers that have been doing the work for decades. A treasure trove of information for a curious person like myself.

This book is packed with thorough information on the benefits of psychedelics used in the correct setting and it changed my view on modern pharmaceuticals for depression, anxiety, etc. It brings hope that sometime in the near future we will see psychedelics being used for the beneficial and groundbreaking effects they are capable of.

Psychedelic Medicine is a series of interviews with leading scientists and doctors who have researched psychedelics for various types of therapy. It takes you through the potential of psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, and ayahuasca to treat with great efficacy and low side effects. There's an excellent chapter on the reality of antidepressants and antipsychotics, which rob patients of their emotions entirely, and have many side effects. It explains what happened that MDMA, a promising and successful treatment while it was legal, was made Schedule I in 1985, and the new research that may make it legal again in 2021. The interview format is a little distracting, but it introduces you to the most important voices in psychedelic research today. I recommend the book for people interested in this topic.

Leading experts on the use of psychedelics for medicine are interviewed in thought provoking and revealing style.

This book went through the histry amd sxience of mental illness They plausibly inform and excite people about the use of psychedelics, something of which the current medical and legal paradigms that is a major resistor of breakthrough modalities of alternative medicines.

What a great book. If you’re an open minded person and willing to understand that you’ve been lied to about certain drugs, this is a fascinating book. The possibilities are endless if they’re aloud to do the research.

An excellent overview that truly gives the reader a full understanding of the healing potential of these medicines. I especially loved the chapter that outlined the current protocol for mood disorders such as depression because it becomes even more apparent that we need more research to be done now.

A really important book. It's much more comprehensive than any other book on this subject that I know of. The interview style of the book makes a lot of sense given that the research is still in an early stage, and there is a lot of political hurdles that need to be discussed.

Achei que haveria um conteúdo mais denso, mas na verdade é só um apanhado geral sobre psicodélicos, nada que os psiconautas já não tenham conhecimento.

excellent

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Well informed book. One of the final chapters discusses he history of mental illness and treatments. Very interesting as it discusses health, safe use and policy.

Full of Hindsight A+ Book