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Pollan, Michael.
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Pollan, Michael -- Mental health.
Hallucinogenic drugs -- Therapeutic use.
Psychotherapy patients -- Biography.
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Pollan, Michael.
Pollan, Michael -- Mental health.
Hallucinogenic drugs -- Therapeutic use.
Psychotherapy patients -- Biography.
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How
to
change
your
mind
:
what
the
new
science
of
psychedelics
teaches
us
about
consciousness
,
dying
,
addiction
,
depression
, and
transcendence
/ Michael Pollan.
by
Pollan, Michael.
Random House Large Print, c2018.
Call #:
LP 615.7883 P771h
Subjects
Pollan, Michael -- Mental health.
Hallucinogenic drugs -- Therapeutic use.
Psychotherapy patients -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780525631941 (large print pbk.)
Edition:
Large-print ed.
Description:
674 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue: A
new
door -- A renaissance -- Natural history: bemushroomed -- History: the first wave. Part I: the promise ; Part II: the crack-up -- Travelogue: journeying underground. Trip one: LSD ; Trip two: Psilocybin ; Trip three: 5-MeO-DMT (or, the toad) -- The neuroscience:
your
brain on
psychedelics
-- The trip treatment:
Psychedelics
in psychotherapy. One:
Dying
; Two:
Addiction
; Three:
Depression
; Coda: Going to meet my default mode network -- Epilogue: In praise of neural diversity.
Summary:
"A brilliant and brave investigation by Michael Pollan, author of five
New
York Times best sellers, into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences 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 the experience of 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 catalyzed a powerful backlash against
what
was then a promising field of research. A unique and elegant blend of
science
, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine,
How
to
Change
Your
Mind
is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected
new
frontier in our understanding of the
mind
, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's "mental travelogue" is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal puzzle of human
consciousness
and
how
, in a world that offers
us
both struggle and beauty, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives."--From publisher.
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