Psychedelic Psychiatry: LSD From Clinic to Campus
Social History of Medicine June 3, 2009 Alex Mold 18 citations
A review of Erica Dyck's book on the history of LSD in psychiatry, which traces the drug's trajectory from a promising clinical tool in the 1950s to a recreational substance on university campuses in the 1960s. The book examines how LSD's therapeutic potential was overshadowed by its association with counterculture, leading to strict regulations and the end of most research. Dyck argues that this shift was shaped by cultural and political forces, not just scientific evidence.