ISSN 0803-9488
6 papers in the library · 56 citations · publishing 1996-2025
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry September 29, 2022 Tobias Søgaard Juul, Mathias E. Jensen, Anders Fink‐jensen 20 citations
Among Danish adults, classic psychedelics were primarily used for therapeutic or spiritual purposes and were linked to self-reported positive lasting effects, though they were also associated with hazardous alcohol use. DMT was linked to significantly greater positive effects than LSD and psilocybin.
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry July 5, 2017 Jens Knud Larsen 15 citations
A retrospective database study of mental health patients who used LSD or psilocybin found that these drugs may be associated with serious short- and long-term side effects. The authors caution that until rigorous trials clarify the potential harms, the clinical utility of these substances in mental health patients remains unclear.
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry July 20, 2017 David Erritzøe, William A. Richards 14 citations
Psychedelic therapies are being re-evaluated for treating conditions like major depression, cancer-related anxiety and depression, and alcohol use disorder. The research examines their effects and safety, suggesting potential benefits for these psychopathologies.
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry January 1, 1996 Jørgen Due Madsen, Asle Hoffart 7 citations
Between 1961 and 1976, Modum Bads Nervesanatorium in Norway treated 379 inpatients with hallucinogens—LSD, psilocybin, and CZ 74—in a procedure called psycholytic treatment. Patients received 2,205 treatments, mostly with LSD. Forty percent were women, 60% men. Diagnoses included psychoses (4.5%), obsessive neurosis (11.1%), other psychoneuroses (26.3%), sexual deviation (6.3%), other character disorders (46.2%), alcoholism (5.0%), and drug addiction (0.5%). Obsessive neurosis was the primary diagnosis in 1961 (35.7%) and again in the last seven years (75.6%). The mean hospitalization for treated patients was 132 days, nearly double the hospital average of 68 days.
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry July 10, 2025 Pernille Kølbæk, Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Jens Larsen
Patients treated with LSD or psilocybin at a Danish hospital between 1960 and 1973 who later applied for reparatory compensation received higher doses and more treatment sessions than those who did not apply. Treatment responses were similar between the two groups, but flashbacks were reported by 18.2% of applicants compared to 5.2% of non-applicants. The authors suggest that the high incidence of flashbacks should be considered in future clinical studies of psychedelic treatment for mental disorders.
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry September 1, 2018 Antonio Ventriglio, Iris Bonfitto, Fabiana Ricci et al.
Religion and psychiatry both address the unknown, meaning, and healing, but their border is contested. Religious beliefs can shape behavior and may lie on a continuum with overvalued ideas and delusions. Possession states appear in psychiatric and religious categories, with research literature and cultural groups describing overlap. Studies suggest possible factors for differentiating schizophrenia from demonic influence and report on exorcism's efficacy among possessed or psychotic subjects. Diagnostic criteria have been proposed for dissociative trance disorder or possession disorder. Mental health professionals and religious believers may need criteria to distinguish adaptive from maladaptive religious experiences.