Psychedelics and Mental Health
Therapeutic applications and neuroscience of psilocybin, LSD, DMT and MDMA
by Irene de Caso
Description
Learn about the therapeutic uses of classical psychedelics and empathogens
as revolutionary tools for neuroplasticity and mental health. Discover how
they promote profoundly revealing mental states capable of restructuring our
internal models of the world, reconsolidate traumatic memories and improve
our social relationships. How do they affect the brain? What characteristics
make these substances powerful catalysts for the psychotherapeutic process?
Learn how they can help to improve severe symptoms: addictions, treatmentresistant
depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress. This illustrated guide
describes the most important clinical studies and will be of great interest
to all medical and mental health professionals seeking to understand the
cutting edge clinical applications of these molecules, as well as to individuals
interested in learning about the potential of psychedelic-assisted therapies.
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Marketing Information
- It clearly explains the therapeutic value of these molecules: It presents the
evidence as to why these molecules are capable of significantly accelerating
the psychotherapeutic process, representing an imminent paradigm shift in
mental health.
- Current hot topic: It allows us to understand why the FDA (USA) has
granted these therapies the status of "breakthrough therapies" to
accelerate research and why new psychedelics assisted therapies are in the
crosshairs of legislators, of the media and investors.
- It will help health professionals get up to speed on the current state of
these new therapies, cutting-edge clinical studies, and the
psychotherapeutic mechanisms of action of the molecules.
- The reader will learn how the brain generates reality and our identity and
how psychedelic molecules are capable of weakening the ego's defensive
barriers and allowing a vision of oneself "from afar" that opens a window of
flexibility and allows profound revelations.
- Helps personal growth: Explains why these molecules can facilitate the
psychotherapeutic process of personal growth and help us leave behind
parts of ourselves that no longer serve us.
- The annex on legality, written by an expert lawyer, clearly answers the most
relevant doubts about legislation.
Reviews
“Irene de Caso explains in an understandable and entertaining way the current
neuroscientific advances related to psychedelic drugs, as well as their clinical and
experiential applications.”
-José Carlos Bouso, PhD, Scientific Director, ICEERS.
Author Biography
Biologist, specialized in neuroscience at the University Complutense of Madrid.
Master and PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging at the University
of York, studying the relationship between executive functions, self-focused
attention and brain connectivity, under the supervision of Jonathan Smallwood.
Master in Mindfulness Applied to Mental Health. Co-organiser of the 2020
Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research. R&D team member
at the Amsterdam Psychedelic Research Association, and administrator and
community manager of Madrid’s Psychedelic Society.
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View all titlesBibliographic Information
- Publication Date May 2022
- Orginal LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9788418943300
- Publication Country or regionSpain
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 19.99 EUR
- Pages350
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitlePsicodélicos y Salud Mental
- EditionFirst
- Copyright Year2022
- Dimensions14x21 cm
- SeriesPsychonaut Guides
- Series Part2
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