> the drug enabled her to gain an insight into the world of the mentally ill by experiencing schizophrenia-like symptoms herself The book "How to Change Your M

> the drug enabled her to gain an insight into the world of the mentally ill by experiencing schizophrenia-like symptoms herself The book "How to Change Your Mind" discuses this quality of LSD, as well as the history and cultural impact of it and other psychedelics. In it, the author discusses how an early term for psychedelic drugs were "psycho-mimetic" - meaning that they mimic psychological problems such as schizophrenia. This was thought to be a very good use-case for them. Mental Health professionals could take a drug to understand the symptoms of their patients better, and thus treat them better. However, schizophrenia and the LSD-affected mind are fairly different - and many drugs also have this label of "Psychotomimetic", as seen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychotomimetic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychotomimetic