Psychedelic Drug Treatments : : Assisting the Therapeutic Process / / Ben Sessa, Eileen Worthley.

• VerfasserIn: Sessa, Ben,; Worthley, Eileen,
• Place / Publishing House: Dulles, VA : : Mercury Learning and Information, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: MyModernHealth FAQs
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (60 p.)

Psychedelic Drug Treatments: Assisting the Therapeutic Process provides information about current and quite viable investigation into reviving and progressing with neurological research that began in the middle of the 20th century and was brought to a halt when certain drugs were banned in the 1970s...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• PART ONE An Introduction to Psychotropic and Psychedelic Drugs
• An Introduction to Psychotropic and Psychedelic Drugs. Introduction
• CHAPTER 1 Psychoactive Compounds
• CHAPTER 2 Psychedelic Compounds
• CHAPTER 3 A Bit About the Brain
• CHAPTER 4 How Do Psychoactive Medications Work in the Brain?
• PART TWO A Brief History of Research Efforts
• A Brief History of Research Efforts. Introduction
• CHAPTER 5 A Brief History: From Ages Past to Research in the Early 20th Century
• CHAPTER 6 Psychedelic Research and Pioneers in the mid-1900s
• CHAPTER 7 Promising Research Grinds to a Halt
• PART THREE Current Research
• Current Research. Introduction
• CHAPTER 8 Making Pharmaceuticals Legally Available
• CHAPTER 9 Current Research
• CHAPTER 10 Cannabis
• PART FOUR The Future of Psychedelics
• The Future of Psychedelics. Introduction
• CHAPTER 11 The Future for Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy
• CHAPTER 12 Safety Issues, Side Effects, and Ethics
• CHAPTER 13 Opening the Door to a Better Understanding
• Summary
• Appendix
• Index