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.

"Psychiatry needs psychedelics and psychedelics need psychiatry. Without researching them for medical therapy psychiatry is turning its back on a group of compounds that could have great potential. And without the validation of the medical profession the psychedelic drugs, and those who take them off-license, remain archaic sentiments of the past, maligned as recreational drug abusers subject to continued negative opinion."