Charles Grob

{{Short description|American psychiatrist, professor, and researcher}}

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Charles S. Grob is a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and pediatrics and director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center.{{Cite web|url=http://www.harboruclapsych.com/charles-s-grob-m-d/|title=Charles S. Grob, M.D. |publisher=Harbor-UCLA Psychiatry|access-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722184729/http://www.harboruclapsych.com/charles-s-grob-m-d/|archive-date=July 22, 2018|url-status=dead}} He received his two BS degrees from Oberlin College and Columbia University, before getting an MD from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. Grob's research interests include anxiety and mood disorders and also self-medication and substance abuse. The FDA approved one of his Phase 1 studies to study the psychological and physiological effects of MDMA and the hallucinogen ayahuasca.Walsh RedGrob CSed Higher Wisdom: Eminent Elders Explore the Continuing Impact of Psychedelics. Albany State University of New York2005;{{cite book |last=Grob |first=CS |chapter=11. The use of psilocybin in patients with advanced cancer and existential anxiety |editor-last1=Winkelman |editor-first1=MJ |editor-last2=Roberts |editor-first2=TB |title=Psychedelic Medicine: New Evidence for Hallucinogenic Substances as Treatment |location=Westport, Conn. |publisher=Praeger |year=2007 |pages=205–216 |url=http://www.csam-asam.org/sites/default/files/pdf/misc/Grob_Article.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024025048/http://www.csam-asam.org/sites/default/files/pdf/misc/Grob_Article.pdf |archive-date=October 24, 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://labiomed.org/charles-grob-md|title=Charles Grob, MD |publisher=LA BioMed}}{{cite web|url=https://psychedelicsalon.com/transcripts/charles-s-grob-m-d-psychedelic-researcher/|title=Charles S. Grob, M.D. – psychedelic researcher |publisher=Psychedelic Salon Podcasts}}

Grob is also the editor of Hallucinogens: A Reader, originally published in 2002. The book is a collection of psychedelic texts covering a wide range of topics, such as shamanism, society, and psilocybin research. It contains excerpts from figureheads of the psychedelic movement, including Terrence McKenna, Albert Hofmann, and Ralph Metzner.{{cite web|url=http://psypressuk.com/2010/03/09/literary-review-hallucinogens-a-reader-edit-charles-s-grob/|title=Hallucinogens A Reader by Charles S. Grob (Ed) |date=March 9, 2010|publisher=PsypressUK}}Grob CSed Hallucinogens: A Reader. New York: Tarcher/Putnam2002