“More Than Medical Significance”: LSD and American Psychiatry—1953 to 1966

Study at a glance

Characteristics	Historical analysis Peer reviewed
Topics	LSD
Keywords	Hallucinogen
Citations	18
Key points	Argues that American psychiatry's interest in LSD from 1953 to 1966 was driven by its perceived value in producing meaningful psychological experiences, not just symptom reduction, before the drug was criminalized.

(1987). “More Than Medical Significance”: LSD and American Psychiatry—1953 to 1966. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs: Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 39-45.

Other theoretical and historical papers on LSD, most cited first.

Study	Year	Design
The Experimental Use of Psychedelic (LSD) Psychotherapy	1970	Historical analysis
LSD: My Problem Child	1981	Historical analysis
On the Use and Abuse of LSD	1968	Theoretical or philosophical paper
The Use of Music in Psychedelic (LSD) Psychotherapy	1972	Theoretical or philosophical paper
Flashbacks: Recurrent Intrusive Images After the Use of LSD	1969	Theoretical or philosophical paper