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'Riveting' JOHANN HARI
'Gripping … this is such an important book' XAND VAN TULLEKEN
In this ground-breaking exposé, investigative journalist Olivia Goldhill takes us inside the billion-dollar race to transform the mental health industry.
Psychedelics have been sold as a miracle cure for the mental health crisis of our age. To many, the possibility of a treatment for depression or trauma seems life changing. But beneath the hype, the commodification of age-old substances found in nature reveals a profound clash of interests. And for the billionaire-backed entrepreneurs poised to profit from our pain, there's a fortune at stake.
Investigative journalist Olivia Goldhill uncovers the dark underbelly of the psychedelic revolution, as governments scramble to keep pace, pharmaceutical giants lock horns with whistleblowers, and patients are left behind as collateral. Sounding the alarm on a scandal set to engulf the biggest medical breakthrough of a generation, Empire of the Mind lays bare how the cost of curing ourselves has never been higher.
In the race to turn old magic into new medicine, who will come out on top?
