An experimental approach to facilitation of psychotherapy by psychotomimetic drugs.
L E Hollister, R O Degan, S D Schultz
Journal of Mental Science 1962 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.108.452.99 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Humans Psychotherapy Biometry Psychosurgery/statistics Hallucinogens/therapy |
| Key points | Reports that psychotomimetic drugs, especially LSD-25, have been used increasingly over the past decade to facilitate psychotherapy, and that experimental study of their effects on therapeutic interviews has been rare, largely because of technical difficulties. |
Abstract
Psychotomimetic drugs have been used increasingly in the past decade for facilitating psychotherapy, most experience being with lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25) (Sandison, 3; Savage, 4; Abramson, 1; Cohen, 2). Few attempts have been made to study experimentally their effects on therapeutic interviews, largely because of technical difficulties.