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An Experimental Approach to Facilitation of Psychotherapy by Psychotomimetic Drugs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Leo E. Hollister
Affiliation:
Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, California
Roger O. Degan
Affiliation:
Medical Corps, Army of the United States
S. Donald Schultz
Affiliation:
Psychopharmacology Unit, Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, California

Extract

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.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1962 

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