Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Can psychedelics cure? / a Nova production by Larkin McPhee Productions, LLC for GBH Boston ; written, produced and directed by Larkin McPhee.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2023]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2023]

Description:

1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Hallucinogenic drugs, popularly called psychedelics, have been used by human societies for thousands of years. Today, scientists are taking a second look at many of these mind-altering substances, both natural and synthetic, and discovering that they can have profoundly positive clinical impacts, helping patients struggling with a range of afflictions from addiction to depression and PTSD.

Target Audience Note:

TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-14 (this program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age).

Subjects:

Hallucinogenic drugs -- Therapeutic use.

Substance abuse -- Alternative treatment.

Depression, Mental -- Alternative treatment.

Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Alternative treatment.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Science television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

McPhee, Larkin, television director, television producer, screenwriter.