Humphry Osmond
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Humphry Osmond was a British-born psychiatrist best known for coining the term "psychedelic" and pioneering research into the therapeutic use of hallucinogens in mental health treatment.
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| instanceOf |
author
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human → psychiatrist → researcher → |
| birthDate |
1917-07-01
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| birthPlace |
Surrey, England
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| coinedTerm |
psychedelic
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| collaboratedWith |
Aldous Huxley
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| correspondedWith |
Aldous Huxley
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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United Kingdom → |
| deathDate |
2004-02-06
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| deathPlace |
Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
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| educatedAt |
Guy's Hospital Medical School
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| era |
20th-century psychiatry
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| familyName |
Osmond
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| fieldOfWork |
addiction medicine
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psychiatry → psychopharmacology → |
| givenName |
Humphry
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| influenced |
Aldous Huxley
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| inspiredWork |
Aldous Huxley’s "The Doors of Perception"
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| knownFor |
LSD research in psychiatry
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alcoholism treatment with hallucinogens → coining the term "psychedelic" → mescaline research → research on therapeutic use of hallucinogens → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| laterNationality |
Canadian
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| name |
Humphry Fortescue Osmond
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| nationality |
British
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| notableIdea |
model psychosis hypothesis using mescaline and LSD
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use of LSD in treatment of alcoholism → |
| occupation |
medical researcher
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physician → psychiatrist → |
| proposedDefinition |
psychedelic as "mind-manifesting"
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| researchFocus |
therapeutic use of hallucinogens in mental health
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treatment of alcoholism → |
| researchSubject |
LSD
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hallucinogens in psychiatry → mescaline → |
| workedAt |
Princeton, New Jersey psychiatric institutions
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Regina, Saskatchewan psychiatric services → Weyburn Mental Hospital → |
| workLocation |
New Jersey, United States of America
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Saskatchewan, Canada → |
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orthomolecular medicine
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