Early psychedelic investigators reflect on the psychological and social implications of their research

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 432-448

  Walsh, Roger ^a   Grob, Charles S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actualization; Entheogens; Healing; Psychedelics; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748417842     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: 1552650X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167806286745     Document Type: Review

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