The Pharmacology of LSD

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

LSD has a controversial and extraordinary reputation, due to the special effects it can induce on human consciousness. Its experimental use lead to some groundbreaking discoveries about the brain and the deeper layers of the human psyche. After its application in neuroscience, and as a tool within psychotherapy, it was increasingly used by laymen for producing euphoria and religious experiences. Today, there is a resurgence of interest in LSD, including its possible uses in psychotherapy and for the treatment of some headache disorders. This book represents the first ever comprehensive review of the psychological and pharmacological effects of LSD. It draws on data from more than 3000 experimental and clinical studies.The Pharmacology of LSD provides a unique and valuable resource for anyone interested in better understanding this controversial hallucinogenic drug - including brain scientists, psychopharmacologists, addiction researchers, and psychiatrists.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-06-10
Mått:156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt:378 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:230
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199589821

Utforska kategorier

Psykiatri inom Medicin
Psykologi: jaget, identitet och personlighet inom Psykologi och pedagogik
Farmakologi inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Torsten Passie M.D., Ph.D. studied philosophy, sociology at Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz University in Hannover (M.A.) and Medicine at the Hannover Medical School. His dissertation was about existential psychiatry and his professorship thesis about psychophysical correlates of altered waking states of consciousness. He worked with Prof. Christian Scharfetter at Zürich University Psychiatric Clinic (Switzerland) and with Prof. Hanscarl Leuner (Göttingen University), the leading European authority on hallucinogenic drugs. Since 1998 he is a research psychiatrist and psychotherapist at the Dept. of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the Hannover Medical School, where he is specialized in research on addiction, altered states of consciousness, and hallucinogenic drugs.

Recensioner i media

Annelie Hintzen andTorsten Passies welcome book, The Pharmacology of LSD:A Critical Reader provides an overview of human, animal and molecular experiments involving LSD. This is no small achievement. . . It should sit on the bookshelf of anyone interested in psychedelic pharamacology.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Foreword by Leslie Iversen ; 2. Pharmacological and toxicological effects ; 3. Interactions of LSD ; 4. Psychological Effects ; 5. Neuropsychological effects ; 6. Effects of LSD on psychiatric patients ; 7. Long-term and untoward effects of LSD use