Plant Medicines, Healing and Psychedelic Science Cultural Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Labate, Beatriz Caiuby (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Cavnar, Clancy (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Neurosciences.; Ethnology.; Psychiatry.; Pharmacotherapy.; Civilization-History.; Cultural Anthropology.; Cultural History.

This is a book about the intersections of three dimensions. The first is the way social scientists and historians treat the history of psychiatry and healing, especially as it intersects with psychedelics. The second encompasses a reflection on the substances themselves and their effects on bodies....