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Fascinating book on the healing power of psychedelics. This book describes the discovery of LSD and ends with MDMA. The structure of the book weaves between the stories of three people; a Marine with PTSD who participated in a clinical trial, a former ER doctor who shifted his career to become a psychiatrist and is leading psychedelic research, and the director of MAPS who is fighting the government‘s prohibition of psychedelics. #MountTBR

My very first Litsy post! 🤗 Easily one of the best things that I've read in a very long time. Incredible from beginning to end. It is very well researched and written. Written to the point that you almost feel like you're having a conversation directly with the author, and the other people that he researched for the book (Michael, Rick, and Nick). Each with their own life changing story. Goodreads -> https://goo.gl/SAuCpy #lsd #mdma #research

I really liked this one; it was informs without being dry, and I really liked the way Shroder arranged the narratives. My only criticism, as a clinician, is that I wish he'd devoted more space to the experiences of survivors of sexual violence and child abuse, both of which cause PTSD at substantially higher rates than combat. Such cases often involve greater clinical complexity and secondary trauma.