The Psychedelic Reawakening

This is an authoritative study and overview of the new therapeutic landscape around psychedelics, citing a multitude of scientific studies providing critical evidence for their ability to treat addiction, depression, anxiety, and trauma. It introduces basic concepts of neuropharmacology, types of psychoactive substances, the history of psychedelics in the West, how they actually work, therapeutic applications, then specific benefits and risks. The new climate is very different, and the facilitation of transformative mystical experience is a key therapeutic agent. There are also appendices on psychedelic resources and on the legal status of psychedelic drugs around the world. This is undoubtedly a go-to volume on the topic.