3 papers in the library · 186 citations · publishing 1952-1954
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease March 1, 1954 James P. Cattell 13 citations
*From the Department of Experimental Psychiatry, (Paul H. Hoch, M.D.); New York State Psychiatric Institute.
American Journal of Psychiatry February 1, 1952 Paul H. Hoch, James P. Cattell, Harry H. Pennes 116 citations
The effects of mescaline and lysergic acid were studied in schizophrenic patients. It was found that physiological changes were produced in these patients and that their mental symptomatology was markedly aggravated. The observations made with the above-mentioned drugs on normal individuals were compared with those seen in schizophrenic patients. Mescaline and lysergic acid are drugs that...
American Journal of Psychiatry February 1, 1952 Paul H. Hoch, James P. Cattell, Harry H. Pennes 57 citations
This paper discusses theoretical points of drug-induced abnormal mental states. The reaction of 3 different drugs, sodium amytal, pervitin, and mescaline, on the same individual is described and the differences noted. The relationship of personality type to drug reaction is evaluated and the normalizing and disorganizing effect of certain drugs on mental patients discussed.