Writing in The New Statesman , Tim Martin says: “Seventy-five years ago, in April 1943, the research chemist Albert Hofmann did something distinctly out of scientific character. Impelled by what he later called a “peculiar presentiment”, he resolved to take a second look…
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Writing in The Psychologist , Genevieve Dingle takes a social identity route in and out of substance use: “In 1990 I arrived in London for a ‘gap year’, staying with some friends-of-friends for a few weeks while looking for a job and…
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Written by Michael Pollan (May 2018), the full sub-title of this book is “What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence. The publishers say: “When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it…
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The BBC (Alex Therrien) reports: “Think of magic mushrooms and LSD and it’s likely that science is not the first thing that springs to mind. Psychedelic drugs are more likely to be associated with hippies and the counterculture of the…
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From the blog-site of Auntie Psychiatry : Auntie Psychiatry writes: “I had the idea for this cartoon while listening to the Royal Society of Medicine podcast: Episode 1 . The spiel reads… “In this episode, Prof Sir Simon Wessely, Consultant Psychiatrist and Past President of the Royal College of…
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The New Psychology of Health was published in May 2018 and is co-authored by Catherine Haslam, Jolanda Jetten, Tegan Cruwys, Genevieve Dingle and Alex Haslam. The publishers say: “Why do people who are more socially connected live longer and have better health than those…
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Many people taking antidepressants discover they cannot quit, write Benedict Carey and Robert Gebeloff, reporting for the New York Times : “Victoria Toline would hunch over the kitchen table, steady her hands and draw a bead of liquid from a vial with a…
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Winner of the 2009 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, this book is written by Dr. Gabor Maté, a renowned addiction expert. It calls for a compassionate approach toward addiction, whether in ourselves or in others. Dr. Maté believes that the source of…
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The BBC has reported (April 2016) that: “Some researchers believe psychedelic drugs could be used to treat a whole range of conditions. But will cultural stigmas stand in the way? Mention LSD and you might think of the 1960s counterculture…
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On the Uplift Connect site, Jonathan Davis writes that a “new perspective on addiction is emerging”. He cites Johann Hari, author of Chasing The Scream (The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs), who “recently captured widespread public interest with his Ted talk…
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