A Controlled Trial of Abreaction with Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (Lsd-25)
J. Robinson, Lyndon Davies, E. L. N. S. Sack, Jean Morrissey
The British Journal of Psychiatry 1963 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.109.458.46 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25) |
| Topics | LSD |
| Keywords | Catharsis Psychotherapist Psychoanalysis |
| Citations | 18 |
| Key findings | LSD-25 is acclaimed as a valuable aid to psychotherapy, erupting early traumatic experiences with emotional catharsis and enhancing the transference situation. |
Abstract
All who have used lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25) acclaim it as a valuable aid to psychotherapy, regarding it as a “deep” abreactive agent, in that in certain cases it erupts early traumatic experiences as far back as infancy, with appropriate emotional catharsis which is believed to be of considerable therapeutic benefit to the patient. It is also claimed that it facilitates and enhances the transference situation.