Abetting Madness: The Role of Illicit and Prescribed Drug in Promoting Psychotic and Manic Disorder
Carl Salzman
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry June 15, 2005 DOI: 10.4088/jcp.v66n0622f (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | The note describes Bowers's historical review as covering the relationship between illicit drugs, prescribed medication, and psychosis. It states that hallucinogens were initially seen as a potential "model psychosis" in the 1960s, but that this usefulness was short-lived as they became increasingly used by the counterculture. |
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Article AbstractBecause this piece has no abstract, we have provided for your benefit the first 3 sentences of the full text.Malcolm Bowers, Jr., a professor of psychiatry at Yale anda leading American researcher in the neurobiology of schizophrenia,has written a useful, concise historical review of the relationshipbetween illicit drugs and prescribed medication andthe development of psychosis. Bowers begins with a historicalreview of the role of hallucinogens in the 1960s and their potentialfor producing what was considered to be "a model psychosis."Their usefulness as a model for psychosis, however, wasshort-lived, as they were increasingly used by the countercultureof the 1960s.'