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Psychedelic Psychiatry: “From Clinic To Campus” (Part 2 of 2)

Erika Dyck is a new breed of historian that is hoping to dispel some of the stigma around psychedelic drugs and the way they're used in medicine

The term LSD summons mental images of madness, felonious behavior and perversion but thanks in part to a new, open minded community of academics and researchers, we are once again at the cusp of a new psychedelic renaissance. And now, in place of recreational experimentation for its own sake are transformations in the treatment of mental illness and new ways of understanding human consciousness.

Erika Dyck, Ph.D., a historian with a keen interest in the history of drug experimentation and psychiatric institutionalization, offers an insightful perspective into the politics of medical psychedelic research that very few of us get to hear

 

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Psychedelic Science Event 2017 in Oakland, California

Hear Erika Dyck at the Psychedelic Science Event 2017

 

Psychedelic Psychiatry — A New Clinical Renaissance (Part 1 of 2)

Erika Dyck -- Canada Research Chair in the History of Medicine

Fifty years after the turbulent 1960’s, LSD research is rebounding and we are in a new ‘psychedelic renaissance’. Professor Erika Dyck offers a unique perspective on LSD’s history and its current promise as a major weapon against mental illness.

Erika Dyck, Professor of History of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan,  is a new breed of researcher that is hoping to dispel some of the stigma around psychedelic drugs and the way they’re used in medicine

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Book – Psychedelic Psychiatry LSD from Clinic to Campus

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