mrcraggles
Greenlighter
I find this to be an interesting one. Well firstly...I have to express my cynicism of psychoanalysis generally, I find it all a little too subjective and far too open to researcher influence to be honest. I think it is to be quite illogical (in my opinion) in terms of its theoretical predispositions to psychological research and treatment.
However...what are your thoughts on psychedelic use in the psychiatric field? LSD was obviously legal once...and a drug of interest to psychiatrists all over the world. A lot of psychiatrists claimed it to be miraculous, while others claimed it had no application.
Dr. Timothy Leary researched LSD and Psilocybin during his time at Harvard (before he was kicked out!) and his studies claimed amazing results for the treatment of prison inmates etc...claiming that they were less likely to re-offend by a statistically important majority. His claims were later questioned due to the shit research methods he used that were full of holes.
Personally...my experience with Mushrooms was one of the most significant days of my life and changed me to the day. The day has almost imprinted onto my brain, and the deep...life-changing lessons I learnt that day have made me quite relaxed, empathetic and deep generally. For me...I can see them having some sort of psychiatric application and I believe that it it a ridiculous sin to with-hold these drugs from psychological research.
So anyway...I'll stop my blabbing. Do you think that psychedelics have an application to human psychology and psychiatry?
However...what are your thoughts on psychedelic use in the psychiatric field? LSD was obviously legal once...and a drug of interest to psychiatrists all over the world. A lot of psychiatrists claimed it to be miraculous, while others claimed it had no application.
Dr. Timothy Leary researched LSD and Psilocybin during his time at Harvard (before he was kicked out!) and his studies claimed amazing results for the treatment of prison inmates etc...claiming that they were less likely to re-offend by a statistically important majority. His claims were later questioned due to the shit research methods he used that were full of holes.
Personally...my experience with Mushrooms was one of the most significant days of my life and changed me to the day. The day has almost imprinted onto my brain, and the deep...life-changing lessons I learnt that day have made me quite relaxed, empathetic and deep generally. For me...I can see them having some sort of psychiatric application and I believe that it it a ridiculous sin to with-hold these drugs from psychological research.
So anyway...I'll stop my blabbing. Do you think that psychedelics have an application to human psychology and psychiatry?