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Published Online: 1986, pp. 321–497

Can Drugs Be Used to Enhance the Psychotherapeutic Process?

Lester Grinspoon, M.D., and James B. BakalarAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 40, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1986.40.3.393

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There is some evidence that the psychotherapeutic process can be enhanced by the use of drugs that invite self-disclosure and self-exploration. Such drugs might help to fortify the therapeutic alliance and in other ways. One drug that may prove promising for this purpose is the psychedelic amphetamine MDMA.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 40 • Number 3 • 1986, pp. 321–497

Pages: 393 - 404

PubMed: 2876654

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Published in print: 1986, pp. 321–497

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Lester Grinspoon, M.D.^†

Boston, MA

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James B. Bakalar^‡

Boston, MA

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Presented (under the title “Therapeutic Uses of Psychedelic Drugs—Old” and New) at the Twenty-sixth Emit A. Gutheil Memorial Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, New York City, Nov. 2, 1985.

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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University. Mailing address: Dept. of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 74 Fenwood Rd. Boston, MA. 02115.

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Lecturer in Law, Dept. of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.

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Can Drugs Be Used to Enhance the Psychotherapeutic Process?

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