Search results for ""author ben sessa""
Wooden Books Altered States: Minds, Drugs and Culture
What actually happens to you when you drink a cup of coffee?Is chocolate really an aphrodisiac? How do drugs like alcohol and cannabis work? Did psychedelics play a part in human evolution? In this fascinating little book, leading psychopharmacologist Dr. Ben Sessa describes the drugs, legal and illegal, natural and synthesised, from nicotine to endorphins, sugar to antidepressants, that humans all over the world take every day to change their state of mind. "Fascinating" FINANCIAL TIMES. "Beautiful" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "Rich and Artful" THE LANCET. "Genuinely mind-expanding" FORTEAN TIMES. "Excellent" NEW SCIENTIST. "Stunning" NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.
£7.76
Mercury Learning & Information Psychedelic Drug Treatments
Using a question/answer format, this book explores the way in which the chemical compounds known as psychedelics affect the brain, provides definitions of key terms particular to the neurological and psychological vocabulary, and describes the specific disorders that can realistically be helped.
£19.76
Wooden Books Altered States: Minds, Drugs and Culture
£9.83
Strange Attractor Press Breaking Convention: Psychedelic Pharmacology for the 21st Century
£20.00
