TY - CHAP
T1 - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) and mystical experiences
AU - Lyvers, Michael
PY - 2016/4/15
Y1 - 2016/4/15
N2 - Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is the best-known drug of a subtype of hallucinogens, commonly referred to as psychedelics. LSD is by far the most potent psychedelic and one of the most potent psychoactive substances ever discovered. This chapter reviews the current state of knowledge about LSD, focusing on the theory of LSD actions in brain, the ability of the drug to elicit mystical/religious experiences, the risks of LSD use, past therapeutic applications, the colorful history of LSD, its myriad influences on Western culture, and future prospects for this controversial mind-changing chemical.
AB - Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is the best-known drug of a subtype of hallucinogens, commonly referred to as psychedelics. LSD is by far the most potent psychedelic and one of the most potent psychoactive substances ever discovered. This chapter reviews the current state of knowledge about LSD, focusing on the theory of LSD actions in brain, the ability of the drug to elicit mystical/religious experiences, the risks of LSD use, past therapeutic applications, the colorful history of LSD, its myriad influences on Western culture, and future prospects for this controversial mind-changing chemical.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84969622306&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-800212-4.00078-9
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-800212-4.00078-9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84969622306
SN - 9780128002124
T3 - The Neuropathology of drug addictions and substance misuse
SP - 835
EP - 845
BT - Stimulants, club and dissociative drugs, hallucinogens, steroids, inhalants and international aspects
A2 - Preedy, V
PB - Elsevier
CY - online
ER -