Open AccessPsychotropic drug use : its social and geographical context
Author(s) -
Philippe Le Moigne
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
cybergeo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.16
H-Index - 16
ISSN - 1278-3366
DOI - 10.4000/cybergeo.290
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , context (archaeology) , mysticism , psychotropic drug , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , drug , psychotherapist , criminology , history , political science , law , computer science , archaeology , programming language
A great many studies have been devoted to the use of psychotropic drugs - illegal narcotics or medically prescribed therapy - and the majority of them are inspired by the notion that drugs are a source of deliverance. This interpretation seems to be taken for granted, and from doctors who prescribe drugs as a therapy to help patients regain their mental balance all the way to mystic texts describing the "trip" as the pathway to a life of freedom and independent self-discovery, everyone seems ..