THE IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF AN EARLY DEPRIVATION SYNDROME IN ALCOHOLICS BY MEANS OF LSD-25
Ernest Belden, Richard Hitchen
American Journal of Psychiatry April 1, 1963 DOI: 10.1176/ajp.119.10.985 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Case study Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Alcoholic patients |
| Interventions | LSD psychotherapy |
| Topics | LSD |
| Citations | 5 |
| Key findings | The authors report that LSD combined with psychotherapy produced results in essential agreement with other investigators using LSD as an adjunct to therapy with alcoholic patients. They describe evidence of an "emotional deprivation syndrome" responding to their technique, consistent with some psychoanalytic formulations on the origin of psychopathic and character disorders, and call for a larger systematic investigation with follow-up. |
Abstract
A limited research project was undertaken in which LSD was combined with psychotherapy. The results are in essential agreement with those of other investigators, who have used LSD as adjunct to therapy with alcoholic patients. Evidence of the existence of an emotional deprivation syndrome which responds to the technique developed by the present investigators was found and discussed. This syndrome is consistent with some of the psychoanalytic formulations regarding the origin of psychopathic and character disorders. Treatment may be viewed as similar in nature to an intensive existentialist "encounter." The authors propose a larger, systematic investigation with follow-up studies which might confirm their present tentative findings.
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