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Psychotropic 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 ..

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