Advances in Psychedelic Medicine: State-Of-The-Art Therapeutic Applications

Advances in Psychedelic Medicine: State-Of-The-Art Therapeutic Applications

Michael J. Winkelman (Editor), Ben Sessa MD (Editor)
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Publication Date: March 22nd, 2019
Publisher:
Praeger
ISBN:
9781440864100
Pages:
400
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Description

Researchers, program administrators, and practicing clinicians explain the most recent developments in using psychedelic substances to treat psychological, physiological, and social problems.

More than a decade ago, the U.S. government lifted its ban on all testing of psychedelic substances. Winkelman and Sessa now provide updated scientific research and applications of these substances, now moving into approved categories of medicine. The text is an up-to-date assessment of the latest advances in the field of psychedelic medicine, covering the use of LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, ayahuasca, and other substances to augment psychotherapies for a range of disorders. It discusses medical and psychiatric concerns, clinical efficacy and safety, ethical considerations, and neuroscience findings regarding the psychedelic compounds.

Topics covered include an overview of psychiatric applications of psychedelics; treatments for addictions and depressive disorders; effects of psychedelics on inflammation and neuroplasticity; evidence for clinical applications of DMT, ayahuasca, and cannabidiol; psychedelic treatment of sociopathic disorders; microdosing psychedelics; training psychedelic therapists; and community-based harm reduction approaches to managing psychedelic crises.

About the Author

Michael Winkelman, PhD, is retired from the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University, where he served as director of the medical anthropology program. Ben Sessa, MD, is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist working in adult addiction services and with PTSD in veterans.