Why psychiatry needs psychedelics and psychedelics need psychiatry. Sessa, B. J. Psychoactive Drugs, 46(1):57–62, 2014.
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Without researching psychedelic drugs for medical therapy, psychiatry is turning its back on a group of compounds that could have great potential. Without the validation of the medical pro- fession, the psychedelic drugs, and those who take them off-license, remain archaic sentiments of the past, with the users maligned as recreational drug abusers and subject to continued negative opinion. These two disparate groups—psychiatrists and recreational psychedelic drug users—are united by their shared recognition of the healing potential of these compounds.Aresolution of this conflict is essential for the future of psychiatric medicine and psychedelic culture alike. Progression will come from pro- fessionals working in the field adapting to fit a conservative paradigm. In this way, they can provide the public with important treatments and also raise the profile of expanded consciousness in mainstream society
@article{Sessa2014,
abstract = {Without researching psychedelic drugs for medical therapy, psychiatry is turning its back on a group of compounds that could have great potential. Without the validation of the medical pro- fession, the psychedelic drugs, and those who take them off-license, remain archaic sentiments of the past, with the users maligned as recreational drug abusers and subject to continued negative opinion. These two disparate groups—psychiatrists and recreational psychedelic drug users—are united by their shared recognition of the healing potential of these compounds.Aresolution of this conflict is essential for the future of psychiatric medicine and psychedelic culture alike. Progression will come from pro- fessionals working in the field adapting to fit a conservative paradigm. In this way, they can provide the public with important treatments and also raise the profile of expanded consciousness in mainstream society},
author = {Sessa, Ben},
doi = {10.1080/02791072.2014.877322},
isbn = {0279-1072},
issn = {0279-1072},
journal = {J. Psychoactive Drugs},
keywords = {LSD,MDMA,hippie culture,psychedelics,psychiatry},
number = {1},
pages = {57--62},
pmid = {24830186},
title = {{Why psychiatry needs psychedelics and psychedelics need psychiatry}},
url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.2014.877322},
volume = {46},
year = {2014}
}

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