International Pharmacopsychiatry
August 11, 2017
Stanislav Grof, Robert A. Soskin, W.a. Richards et al.
35 citations
The usefulness of dipropyltryptamine (DPT) as an adjunct to psychedelic therapy was explored in a pilot study carried out on 51 alcoholic patients from the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Unit at Spring Grove State Hospital. The evaluation of the results was based on the comparison of pre- and posttreatment results of a battery of psychological tests and of pretreatment and follow-up ratings of an...
Journal of Psychedelic Drugs
October 1, 1977
John Rhead, Robert A. Soskin, Ibrahim Turek et al.
25 citations
(1977). Psychedelic Drug (DPT)-Assisted Psychotherapy with Alcoholics: A Controlled Study. Journal of Psychedelic Drugs: Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 287-300.
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
October 1, 1976
Richard Yensen, Francesco B. Di Leo, John Rhead et al.
51 citations
Ten neurotic patients (five males and five females) were treated over a period of 2 to 6 months (mean, 4.1) as outpatients. The study allowed for a maximum of 75 hours of psychotherapy (mean, 51.55 hours). During the course of treatment, two to four (mean, 3.5) administrations of MDA (3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine) were employed as adjunctive aids in an effort to enhance the psychotherapeutic...
Journal of Psychedelic Drugs
1974
Ibrahim Turek, Robert A. Soskin, Albert A. Kurland
59 citations
(1974). Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA)–Subjective Effects. Journal of Psychedelic Drugs: Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 7-14.
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
December 1, 1973
Robert A. Soskin
15 citations
Numerous investigators have reported impressive improvement rates when LSD has been used as an aid to ongoing psychotherapy, but absence of controls makes these findings difficult to evaluate. In the present study, 21 psychosomatic inpatients and 7 nonpsychotic psychiatric inpatients were randomly assigned to two psychotherapy groups, one of which received five LSD sessions and a second which...
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
February 1, 1970
William T. Bowen, Robert A. Soskin, John W. Chotlos
68 citations
The use of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in the treatment of alcoholism has led to many claims as to the drug's efficacy, but without a controlled study of both in-hospital application and posthospital adjustment of patients. The present paper is concerned with the use of LSD in placebo and maximum dosages as a concomitant of a Human Relations Training Laboratory treatment program. Patients...