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1 online resource (154 pages) |
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MyModernHealth FAQs Ser |
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MyModernHealth FAQs Ser
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Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART ONE An Introduction to Psychotropic and Psychedelic Drugs; CHAPTER 1 Psychoactive Compounds; 1. What are psychoactive drugs?; 2. How are psychotropic drugs different from psychoactive drugs?; 3. What are psychotherapeutic drugs?; 4. How are psychopharmaceuticals distinguished from the other "psychos"?; 5. What are some psychotherapeutic medications and what disorders do they treat?; 6. How long have these medicines been used therapeutically?; 7. What are designer drugs?; CHAPTER 2 Psychedelic Compounds |
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8. What are psychedelic drugs?9. How are psychedelics different from other hallucinogens?; 10. What does "psychedelic" mean?; 11. What do these alternative terms mean?; 12. What are the various psychedelic compounds?; 13. What are the effects of the tryptamine-based psychedelics?; 14. What are the tryptamine psychedelics?; 15. What are the effects of the phenethylamine-based psychedelics?; 16. What are the phenethylamine psychedelics?; CHAPTER 3 A Bit About the Brain; 17. How does the brain work?; 18. How do the neurons connect to each other?; 19. What are neurotransmitters? |
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20. What are agonists and antagonists?21. What are endogenous and exogenous substances?; 22. What is the importance of serotonin?; 23. What is an entheogen?; 24. Are all psychedelic drugs entheogens?; 25. What are entactogens or empathogens?; CHAPTER 4 How Do Psychoactive Medications Work in the Brain?; 26. How important are the neurotransmitters?; 27. How do psychoactive chemicals interact with the neurotransmitters?; 28. How do psychedelics work in the brain?; 29. Why are psychedelics not being used as medicines?; PART TWO A Brief History of Research Efforts |
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CHAPTER 5 A Brief History: From Ages Past to Research in the Early 20th Century30. When were psychedelics first discovered?; 31. Were these plants and fungi used only in ceremonies?; 32. When did psychedelics first come to the attention of the scientific community?; 33. Who performed some of this earliest research and what did it entail?; 34. When was LSD discovered?; 35. Is it true that Hofmann's discovery of LSD was accidental?; 36. When did LSD become available for use in psychotherapy?; CHAPTER 6 Psychedelic Research and Pioneers in the mid-1900s |
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37. Were psychedelics being used to treat mental illnesses at this time?38. What was the MK-Ultra program?; 39. Who were some of the notable clinicians and researchers in the early part of this era?; 40. What was Dr. Humphry Osmond's major contribution to the field?; 41. Why was Aldous Huxley's involvement with psychedelics significant?; 42. When did Huxley first try LSD?; 43. Why was Alfred Hubbard called "Captain Trips"?; 44. What research efforts were going on in the UK?; 45. Were psychedelics being used in Europe?; 46. Did Timothy Leary make any valid contribution in terms of research? |
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47. How did Leary become involved with psychedelics? |
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Hallucinogenic drugs -- Therapeutic use
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Hallucinogenic drugs -- History
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Hallucinogens -- therapeutic use
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Hallucinogenic drugs
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Hallucinogenic drugs -- Therapeutic use
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History
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Electronic book
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Worthey, Eileen
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| ISBN |
9781937585594 |
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193758559X |
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