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EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY II : Clinical and Physio-Chemical Observations in Experimental Psychosis

MAX RINKEL, ROBERT W. HYDE, HARRY C. SOLOMON, and HUDSON HOAGLANDAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 111, Number 12

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.12.881

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1. Experimental psychiatry, i.e., the comprehensive study of experimentally produced psychosis, is important for the advancement of psychiatry.

2. The diethylamide of d-lysergic acid (LSD) has proven an excellent tool for investigation of experimentally produced psychotic-like manifestations.

3. Clinical, psychological, physiological, and biochemical evidence is offered which indicates that the adrenalin System is involved in the LSD-produced emotional and psychotic phenomena.

4. Theoretical reflections concerning the enzymatic adrenalin system as the basis of the development of schizophrenia and other psychoses are reported.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 111 • Number 12 • June 1955

Pages: 881 - 895

PubMed: 14376656

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Published in print: June 1955

Published online: 1 April 2006

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MAX RINKEL

The Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Psychopathic Hospital

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ROBERT W. HYDE

The Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Psychopathic Hospital

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HARRY C. SOLOMON

The Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Psychopathic Hospital

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HUDSON HOAGLAND

The Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and the Boston Psychopathic Hospital

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EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHIATRY II : Clinical and Physio-Chemical Observations in Experimental Psychosis

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