Turning the Tide for Psychedelic Medicines

Psychedelic Medicine provides a broad overview of this re-emerging field in 30 chapters authored primarily by leading physicians, medical researchers, and psychologists who have continued to explore the potentials of these substances. Complemented by the legal and social views of anthropologists and lawyers, these substances and their healing potentials are re-evaluated in light of the recent decades of clinical, neurological, epidemiological and neurological research and legal developments. Together, these lines of evidence establish the potential usefulness of these substances and point to their ability to address serious treatmentresistant conditions that plague us today. Our considerations of these ancientand future-medicines are organized into two volumes. The first volume provides historical, cultural, clinical and legal perspectives; the second illustrates their applications to alcoholism and addictions medicine and transpersonal and spiritual counseling. Together they provide an understanding of why these psychedelic medicines are becoming important and provide prospective best uses and practice perspectives regarding how further research may serve humanity in the future.