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Louis E. Goodman

3 papers in the library · 277 citations · publishing 1970-1980

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DPT as an Adjunct in Brief Psychotherapy with Cancer Patients

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying February 1, 1980 William A. Richards, John Rhead, Stanislav Grof et al. 20 citations

Thirty cancer patients suffering from psychological distress participated in a pilot project of individual psychotherapy that offered – over a four week period of time – approximately twelve hours of conventional verbal interaction and a single intensive drug-assisted therapy session that employed dipropyltryptamine (DPT), a short-acting psychedelic drug. The efficacy of the total therapeutic...

LSD-Assisted Psychotherapy in Patients with Terminal Cancer

International Pharmacopsychiatry 1973 Stanislav Grof, Louis E. Goodman, William A. Richards et al. 212 citations

The paper describes the results of a clinical study exploring the potential of a complex psychotherapeutic program utilizing psychedelic compounds to alleviate the emotional and physical suffering of cancer patients. A total of 60 cancer patients participated in this experimental study. In 44 of these patients, LSD (200-500 p%per os) was administered as an adjunct to psychotherapy; in 19...