Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
October 1, 1985
Sidney Cohen
19 citations
The varieties of psychotic LSD experiences are many. A very few may resemble a delirium, some are quite reminiscent of schizophrenia and others have an idiosyncratic quality not seen in the naturally occurring psychoses. The psychotic response to LSD is better understood than transcendent experiences because its neurochemistry and phenomenology have been worked out. Additionally, there is...
JAMA
August 8, 1977
Sidney Cohen
31 citations
PHENCYCLIDINE hydrochloride (Sernylan) was investigated during the 1950s as an anesthetic agent. Although it was found to be effective for analgesia and anesthesia, certain side effects, especially postoperative agitation and delirium that lasts for hours, precluded its final acceptance. Later, phencyclidine was discovered to be a satisfactory anesthetic agent for certain animals, and is...
Psychological Reports
June 1, 1969
Allan E. Edwards, Marshall H. Bloom, Sidney Cohen
30 heavy psychedelic users were compared with 30 matched controls using the Rosenzweig and Comrey tests. The drug-dependent group demonstrated aberrant personality traits only with respect to increased Hostility. It appears that this propensity is unrelated to degree of drug dependency and may reflect a predisposing state. People who have difficulty handling their aggressive feelings may tend...
JAMA
April 11, 1966
Sidney Cohen
7 citations
This book attempts to set down, almost verbatim, the verbalizations of three subjects given LSD, psilocybin, sernyl, and a placebo. The drugs were administered in a single-blind fashion under conditions of sensory monotony, namely, listening to noise and looking at a glazed white dome for three hours. What the authors hoped to achieve was to eliminate the extraneous factors of setting and set...
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
September 1, 1964
William H. Mcglothlin, Sidney Cohen, Marcella S. Mcglothlin
27 citations
This study describes the short-term effects of administering LSD to normals as measured by pre and one-week-post-LSD tests of anxiety, attitudes, and performance. The hypothesis tested was that LSD would produce a rapid lowering of defenses resulting in (1) lower anxiety, (2) attitudinal changes, particularly in the form of decreased dogmatism and projection of aggression, and (3) increases in...
Archives of General Psychiatry
May 1, 1963
Sidney Cohen
105 citations
Recently the authors1briefly reported complications and misuses associated with hallucinogenic drugs, such as D-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Recently, an increasing number of adverse reactions to these drugs have occurred, and a discussion of the nature of the complications appears indicated. It is not our intention to minimize the potential value of these agents. Rather, we wish to...
JAMA
July 14, 1962
Sidney Cohen
65 citations
TWO DECADES AGO Hofmann ' accidentally discovered the hallucinogenic activity of d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25). Its ability to induce a model psychosis makes it an excellent laboratory device for the study of psychotic-like phenomena. LSD-25 has also been employed as an adjunct to psychotherapy because recall of repressed memories is enhanced and ego defensiveness to conflict laden...
Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry
May 1, 1959
Sidney Cohen
49 citations
In experimental psychiatry the hallucinogenic drugs have a firmly established position; hundreds of articles attest to the growing interest in their psychotomimetic activity. As an adjunct to psychotherapy, however, their potential has been incompletely investigated. The initial mention of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25) in this connection appears to be the 1950 publication by Busch and...