Social History of Medicine
March 28, 2024
Alexander S. Dawson
Journal Article Erika Dyck and Chris Elcock (eds), Expanding Mindscapes: A Global History of Psychedelics Get access Erika Dyck and Chris Elcock (eds), Expanding Mindscapes: A Global History of Psychedelics, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2023. Pp. 520. $55.00 pbk. Alexander Dawson Alexander Dawson University at Albany, NY, USA asdawson@albany.edu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford...
Social History of Medicine
May 28, 2021
Per Haave, Willy Pedersen
7 citations
Abstract In the early-to-mid 1960s, there was considerable use of LSD in psychotherapy in several countries. However, its use gradually levelled off. Two explanations have been suggested: The first revolves around a ‘moral panic’ in the wake of the introduction of cannabis and LSD by subcultural youth groups. The second focuses on the lack of proof for the therapeutic efficacy of LSD at a time...
Social History of Medicine
December 18, 2019
Peder Clark
2 citations
Book review of Mike Jay, Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychedelic, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2019. Pp. 304. £18.99. ISBN 978 0 3002 3107 6.
Social History of Medicine
May 28, 2019
Nancy D Campbell
2 citations
Delving into the unfolding correspondence that fills these lovingly crafted pages affords pleasure and no small dollop of prophecy as they chronicle the great friendship that manifested during the last decade of Aldous Huxley’s life and Humphrey Osmond’s most fertile period of research. Topics run from both men’s fascination with opening the doors of the mind to explore the biochemistry of...
Social History of Medicine
June 3, 2009
Alex Mold
18 citations
Journal Article Psychedelic Psychiatry: LSD From Clinic to Campus Get access Erica Dyck, Psychedelic Psychiatry: LSD From Clinic to Campus, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Pp. 199. $35. ISBN 978 0 8018 8994 3. Alex Mold Alex Mold London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Alex.Mold@lshtm.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar...
Social History of Medicine
July 17, 2006
Erika Dyck
87 citations
Journal Article ‘Hitting Highs at Rock Bottom’: LSD Treatment for Alcoholism, 1950–1970 Get access Erika Dyck Erika Dyck * *Department of History and Classics/Division of Studies for Medical Education, 2–2 Tory Building , University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H4 , Canada . E-mail: Erika.dyck@ualberta.ca Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar...