Empire of the Mind (Hardback)
The Battle for the Future of Psychedelic Medicine
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An investigative journalist's deep dive into the fight to control the multi-billion dollar psychedelic medicine market
Psychedelics are set to transform the medical industry in an explosion of treatments and research poised to generate billions in revenues every year. To many, the expanding options seem life-changing. But to some, the commodification of age-old substances, many of them once freely available in nature, reveals a profound clash of ideologies and motivations.
As pharmaceutical giants and lab researchers lock horns with philanthropists and whistle-blowers, patients find they are caught in the middle. Olivia Goldhill leads us on an urgent investigation into the emerging class of billionaire-backed entrepreneurs, the rising stakes in how we access cures - and at what cost. In this race to turn old magic into new medicine, who will come out on top?
Empire of the Mind (Ebook)
The Battle for the Future of Psychedelic Medicine
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An investigative journalist's deep dive into the fight to control the multi-billion dollar psychedelic medicine market
Psychedelics are set to transform the medical industry in an explosion of treatments and research poised to generate billions in revenues every year. To many, the expanding options seem life-changing. But to some, the commodification of age-old substances, many of them once freely available in nature, reveals a profound clash of ideologies and motivations.
As pharmaceutical giants and lab researchers lock horns with philanthropists and whistle-blowers, patients find they are caught in the middle. Olivia Goldhill leads us on an urgent investigation into the emerging class of billionaire-backed entrepreneurs, the rising stakes in how we access cures - and at what cost. In this race to turn old magic into new medicine, who will come out on top?
Empire of the Mind (Audiobook)
The Battle for the Future of Psychedelic Medicine
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An investigative journalist's deep dive into the fight to control the multi-billion dollar psychedelic medicine market
Psychedelics are set to transform the medical industry in an explosion of treatments and research poised to generate billions in revenues every year. To many, the expanding options seem life-changing. But to some, the commodification of age-old substances, many of them once freely available in nature, reveals a profound clash of ideologies and motivations.
As pharmaceutical giants and lab researchers lock horns with philanthropists and whistle-blowers, patients find they are caught in the middle. Olivia Goldhill leads us on an urgent investigation into the emerging class of billionaire-backed entrepreneurs, the rising stakes in how we access cures – and at what cost. In this race to turn old magic into new medicine, who will come out on top?
Reviews for Empire of the Mind
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Christopher Leonard, author of KOCHLAND
Kimon de Greef, author of THE EGO TRIP
Daniel Bergner, author of THE MIND AND THE MOON
Olivia Goldhill
Olivia Goldhill is an investigative journalist at STAT and a Jonathan Logan Family Foundation Fellow. She has reported on psychology, pharma, and mental health for more than a decade, and her first book, Psyched, will explore the potential for psychedelics to transform both the existing mental health industry and our understanding of our own minds, while holding those controlling psychedelics to account. Goldhill's work has been recognized as a 2022 British Journalism Awards finalist, 2021 EPPY finalist, and a 2020 Livingston Award finalist.