LSD Use and Flashbacks in Alcoholic Patients
Wayne Bemis Batzer, Thomas F. Ditzler, Christopher R. Brown
Journal of Addictive Diseases April 5, 1999 DOI: 10.1300/j069v18n02_06 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Alcoholism treatment facility inpatients |
| Topics | LSD Psilocybin |
| Keywords | Hallucinogen Euphoriant Dissociative Recreational use Recreational drug Clinical psychology |
| Citations | 12 |
| Key findings | A statistically significant relationship exists between the number of LSD doses and the incidence of flashbacks. |
Abstract
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) is a hallucinogenic drug that received considerable attention in the 1960's and early 1970's. It produced a wide variety of psychological phenomena, including a variety of perceptual disturbances which would manifest among some users long after the drug had left the system. These phenomena were commonly referred to as "flashbacks" and may have been largely responsible for the drug falling out of favor among recreational drug users. This report describes histories of LSD use among alcoholism treatment facility inpatients and reports specific characteristics of flashbacks and the degree of subjective distress experienced during flashbacks. Findings indicate a statistically significant relationship between number of doses and incidence of flashbacks.
Comparable studies
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|---|---|---|---|
| Increased Global Functional Connectivity Correlates with LSD-Induced Ego Dissolution. Human participants | 2016 | Observational cohort | |
| Increased spontaneous MEG signal diversity for psychoactive doses of ketamine, LSD and psilocybin Humans | 2017 | Observational study | |
| Classic psychedelic use is associated with reduced psychological distress and suicidality in the United States adult population. USA adult respondents from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2008-2012) | 2015 | Observational cohort | n = 190,000 |
| Psychedelics not linked to mental health problems or suicidal behavior: A population study Randomly selected United States adults | 2015 | Observational cohort | n = 135,095 |
| Whole-Brain Multimodal Neuroimaging Model Using Serotonin Receptor Maps Explains Non-linear Functional Effects of LSD. Healthy human participants | 2018 | Observational study with computational modeling |
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Cites 8
- ADVERSE REACTIONS TO PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS. A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease October 1, 1984
- Visual Phenomenology of the LSD Flashback Archives of General Psychiatry August 1, 1983
- Flashbacks: Recurrent Intrusive Images After the Use of LSD American Journal of Psychiatry October 1, 1969
- LSD Revisited Archives of General Psychiatry 1971
- Analysis of the LSD Flashback Journal of Psychedelic Drugs September 1, 1970
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