How to Change Your Mind
About this book
When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan sifts the historical record to separate the truth about these mysterious drugs from the myths that have surrounded them since the 1960s, when a handful of psychedelic evangelists inadvertently catalyzed a powerful backlash against what was then a promising field of research.
Subjects
- alternative treatment
- biographies
- biography
- biography & autobiography
- drug therapy
- emploi en thérapeutique
- hallucinations and illusions
- hallucinogènes
- hallucinogenic drugs
- hallucinogens
- maladies mentales
- médecines parallèles
- medical
- mental disorders
- mental health
- mental illness
- mentally ill persons
- new age
- new york times bestseller
- new york times reviewed
- nonfiction
- nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2018-06-03
- patients en psychothérapie
- psychological aspects
- psychology
- psychotherapy
- psychotherapy patients
- public opinion
- science & technology
- therapeutic use