Psychedelic Medicine

Dr. Richard Louis Miller, MA, PhD, has been a clinical psychologist for more than 50 years. He is host of the syndicated talk radio show, Mind Body Health & Politics. The founder of the nationally acclaimed Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program, he has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan and Stanford University, an advisor on the President’s Commission on Mental Health, a founding board member of the Gestalt Institute of San Francisco, and a member of the national board of directors for the Marijuana Policy Project. He lives in Fort Bragg and Wilbur Hot Springs, California.

• About the Author INTRODUCTION What’s Happening in America? ONE LSD: A Powerful Tool The Biochemistry of Changes in Consciousness David Nichols, PhD LSD Brain-Imaging StudiesAmanda Feilding Observations from 4,000 LSD Sessions Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD The Condensed Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide James Fadiman, PhD TWO MDMA: Heart Medicine Drawing a Map from “X” to Rx Rick Doblin, PhD Pioneering Government-Approved Research Charles Grob, MD Demonstrating MDMA’s Safety and Efficacy in Treating End-of-Life Anxiety Phil Wolfson, MD MDMA for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Michael Mithoefer, MD, and Annie Mithoefer, BSN THREE Psilocybin Spiritual Psychopharmacology Roland Griffiths, PhD, and Katherine MacLean, PhD Seeking Solace for the Terminally Ill Charles Grob, MD Psilocybin and Depression Amanda Feilding FOUR Ayahuasca: Teacher Plant Hard Science in the Amazon Charles Grob, MD Plants Meet People Dennis McKenna, PhD The Science of the Sacred Rick Doblin, PhD FIVE Psychiatric Prescription Drugs: Tired Soldiers Questioning the Psychiatric Paradigm Robert Whitaker Resisting the “New Normal” of Overmedication Julie Holland, MD EPILOGUE FDA Approval by 2021? An Optimistic ForecastRick Doblin, PhD Acknowledgments Index

“Imagine that you could ask almost every noteworthy psychedelic researcher not only to discuss their work in depth outside of the jargon of heavy journal descriptions but also to discuss the implications of their work and where it will be going in the future. Imagine an interviewer that knows the research backward and forward and presses each person to think in new directions. It’s all there in Psychedelic Medicine. I have been hoping for some years that there would be a book that I could point to that includes almost everything that’s going on. This is as close as we’re likely going to get. I’m in the book as well which is why I can attest to Miller’s knowledgeable and invaluable questioning.”