The PEI History of Medicine Society welcomes Dr. Erika Dyck, Canada Research Chair, from the University of Saskatchewan, who will give a talk on Monday, February 13 at 7:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building, on LSD and Psychiatry.

Her talk is entitled:“A Psychedelic Renaissance – Can we avoid tripping this time?”, in which she examines the historical clinical uses of LSD in Canada, including the facility that led to the coining of the term “psychedelic,” and the infamous Hollywood Hospital that offered psychedelic treatments for addictions.She explores some of the lessons that a close reading of LSD’s past has to offer to today’s “Psychedelic Renaissance”.

This is a public event. All are welcome!