‘Hitting Highs at Rock Bottom’: LSD Treatment for Alcoholism, 1950–1970
Social History of Medicine July 17, 2006 DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkl039 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Historical analysis Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | LSD |
| Dose | single high dose |
| Topics | LSD |
| Keywords | Geochemistry |
| Citations | 87 |
| Key points | Argues that promising clinical research on LSD treatment for alcoholism was abandoned due to cultural shifts and the drug's association with counterculture, not due to lack of scientific evidence. |
Abstract
Journal Article ‘Hitting Highs at Rock Bottom’: LSD Treatment for Alcoholism, 1950–1970 Get access Erika Dyck Erika Dyck * *Department of History and Classics/Division of Studies for Medical Education, 2–2 Tory Building , University of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H4 , Canada . E-mail: Erika.dyck@ualberta.ca Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History of Medicine, Volume 19, Issue 2, August 2006, Pages 313–329, https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkl039 Published: 01 August 2006