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How to change your mind : what the new science of psychedelics teaches us about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression, and transcendence  Cover Image Book Book

How to change your mind : what the new science of psychedelics teaches us about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression, and transcendence / Michael Pollan.

Pollan, Michael, (author.).

Summary:

"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 ..."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781594204227
  • ISBN: 1594204225
  • Physical Description: xii, 465 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Awards Note:
New York Times Best Seller, Non-fiction 2018
Subject: Pollan, Michael > Mental health.
Hallucinogenic drugs > Therapeutic use.
Psychotherapy patients > Biography.
Hallucinogens.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 36 of 37 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
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Adair County Public Library A 615.7883 Pol (Text) 34029002450640 Non Fiction Available -
Camden County Library District - Osage Beach 615.7883 Pollan (Text) 31320003624157 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cape Girardeau Public Library 615.788 POL (Text) 33042004709666 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Carthage Public Library 615.7883 P76h (Text) 34MO2001799509 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Caruthersville Public Library 615.7 POL (Text) 38417100656612 Non-Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center 615.7883 POL 2018 (Text) 0002204881987 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Cedar County - El Dorado Springs 615.7883 POL (Text) 3482700044567 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Cedar County - Stockton 615.7883 POL (Text) 3482700044698 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
De Soto Public Library 615.7 POLLAN Michael (Text) 33858000119315 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Festus Public Library 615.7 Pollan (Text) 32017000077270 Adult Non-Fiction Checked out 05/06/2024

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