Psychedelic Revolutionaries : Three Medical Pioneers, the Fall of Hallucinogenic Research and the Rise of Big Pharma.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (413 pages)
Cover -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Saskatchewan's Psychedelic Research: An Episode in Scientific History -- "Science in the Making": The Nature of Scientific Research -- The Organization of Scientific Research -- "Scientific Psychiatry" in Post-Second World War America (1945-75) -- The Psychedelic Revolution -- Deconstructing Psychedelic Saskatchewan -- Structure of the Book -- Part One: Psychedelic Science: The Saskatchewan Experiments (1951-61) -- 1: Model Psychoses and the Adrenochrome Hypothesis -- Humphry Osmond: Psychedelic Grandmaster -- Dr. Hoffer, I Presume? -- LSD Comes to Saskatchewan -- Duncan Blewett: Psychedelic Trickster -- The Adrenochrome Hypothesis Unfolds -- 2: Psychiatric Paradigm Clash -- 3: Beginning Hallucinogenic Therapy -- Hallucinogens and Psychotherapy -- Duncan Blewett: Scientist Transformed -- The Native American Church Episode -- 4: The Other World: Psychedelic Therapy -- Criticism of Saskatchewan's LSD Treatment Program -- 5: New Frontiers in Psychedelic Research -- Patient-Centred Architecture and the Sociopetal Concept -- Psychedelic Explorations in Parapsychology -- Closing Time for Hallucinogenic Drug Research in Saskatchewan -- Part Two: The Scientific Fallout: Psychedelic Science on Trial (1961-75) -- 6: The Great Schizophrenia Controversy -- The Psychopharmacological Revolution -- Rise of the Double-Blind Method -- Hoffer and Osmond versus the Psychiatric Community -- The NIMH and the Adrenochrome Hypothesis -- Megavitamins and Schizophrenia -- Psychiatry and the War on Vitamins -- Megavitamin Therapy and Its Allies -- 7: LSD: A New Hope for Alcoholism? -- The Disease Concept of Alcoholism -- The Scientific Approach to Alcoholism -- Alcoholism Research in Saskatchewan in the 1960s. Under the Scientific Microscope -- The Scientific Case against LSD Therapy -- The Spring Grove Experiments -- The Road Ahead for Psychedelic Therapy -- 8: Psychedelic Drug Research, the CIA, and the '60s Counterculture -- Counterculture Rising -- The Psychedelic In-Crowd (Part I) -- The Harvard Affair -- Duncan Blewett: The Timothy Leary of Canada? -- Black Market Panic and "Green LSD" -- LSD: A Weapon as Powerful as the Atom Bomb? -- The LSD Movement -- Psychedelic Pranksters -- Scientific LSD: The Beginning of the End -- The Psychedelic In-Crowd (Part 2) -- Summer of Love: Psychedelia Peaks -- The Psychedelic In-Crowd (Part 3) -- Psychedelic Obituary -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index.
A fascinating investigation intoa very strange episode of scientific history. P.W. Barber tells the story of theinvention, practice and downfall of psychedelic psychiatry, revealing how itshaped twentieth century understanding of mental health.