Flashback : the return of psychedelic medicine

[摘要] In the 1960;;s, psychedelic drugs were a part of not only popular culture, but also cuttingedge psychology research. Scientists were studying these drugs in the hope of understanding and treating various psychological and societal ills; but as psychedelics got caught up in the counter-culture, they fell out of favor with the public, and practically vanished from the research world as quickly as they;;d appeared. Now, decades after they all but disappeared, psychedelics are making a comeback. Focusing primarily on research with psychedelics to treat post-traumatic stress disorder as well as anxiety and depression associated with terminal illness, this thesis examines the researchers who;;ve brought psychedelic medicine back from the brink and the work they;;re doing to explore the potential within these complex and controversial drugs.

[发布机构] Massachusetts Institute of Technology