RESUMEN

This article explores the field of psychopharmacology from an historical perspective. Part 1 traces the uses throughout history of psychoactive substances that are widely abused by modern society. Part 2 examines the development in the 1950s and 1960s of drugs and other physical methods that have revolutionized the treatment of the mentally ill.

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Psicofarmacología/historia , Basidiomycota , Conducta Ceremonial , Cocaína , Alucinógenos , Historia del Siglo XX , Humanos , Drogas Ilícitas , Indígenas Norteamericanos , Dietilamida del Ácido Lisérgico , Trastornos Mentales/historia , Mescalina , México , Narcóticos , Fenciclidina , Religión y Medicina , Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/diagnóstico , Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/historia , Estados Unidos