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Mental health
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

The Secret History of LSD in Psychiatry

Doctors used LSD to induce psychosis in healthy individuals to understand schizophrenia's biological basis, leading to the serotonin hypothesis of mental disorders.
#microdosing
fromwww.esquire.com
5 months ago

Declassified MKUltra Transcripts Have Been Released. They Paint a Dark Portrait of America.

There aren't many American cold-war villains as stone evil as Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA chemist who oversaw the crimes and depredations of the Company's MKUltra program. In 1975, Gottlieb appeared before Senator Frank Church's committee that was looking into the various crimes and depredations of the CIA. (Church's committee remains one of the most important episodes in recent history of the many we've chosen to forget about.)
US politics
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

Move Over Xanax? New Research on LSD Offers Hope for Anxiety

Single high-dose oral LSD (MM120) produced robust, well-tolerated reductions in anxiety that persisted up to 12 weeks without adjunct psychotherapy.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
7 months ago

'One and done' dose of LSD keeps anxiety at bay

A single high dose (100–200 µg) of LSD rapidly reduces anxiety and depression in generalized anxiety disorder, with effects lasting up to 12 weeks.
#psychedelics
fromPsychology Today
8 months ago
Mental health

The Mystery of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Flashbacks

Psychedelics show therapeutic promise for mental disorders, with flashbacks occurring in a minority of users, typically transient and generally benign.
fromFuturism
11 months ago
Alternative medicine

Scientists Tweaked LSD's Molecular Structure and Created a Wild New Brain Drug

Researchers at UC Davis have modified LSD's structure to create a new compound, JRT, which aims to treat schizophrenia without causing hallucinations.
Alternative medicine
fromFuturism
11 months ago

Scientists Tweaked LSD's Molecular Structure and Created a Wild New Brain Drug

Researchers at UC Davis have modified LSD's structure to create a new compound, JRT, which aims to treat schizophrenia without causing hallucinations.
London music
fromOpen Culture
10 months ago

How John Lennon Wrote the Beatles' Best Song, "A Day in the Life"

'A Day in the Life' reflects the influence of LSD on the Beatles and encapsulates the spirit of the 1960s counterculture.
Alternative medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 months ago

The Acid Queen by Susannah Cahalan review Timothy Leary's right hand woman

Rosemary Woodruff's significant yet overlooked contributions to Timothy Leary's life and legacy illustrate a fascinating narrative of loyalty and complexity.
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 months ago

Eccentric musician Swamp Dogg at 82: There's no sympathy for octogenarians'

I was paranoid of crowds and paranoid of being alone... For a long period of time it was only through the help and support of his late wife that he was able to hold it together.
NYC music
East Bay real estate
fromNew York Post
1 year ago

The acid queen: Inside Rosemary Leary's life of sex, free-thinking and lots of LSD

The Hitchcock Estate is a historic property linked to the counterculture movement, now on the market for $65 million.
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