STUDIES ON MESCALINE VIII: PSYCHODYNAMIC OBSERVATIONS

HERMAN C. B. DENBERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 115, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.3.239

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Psychodynamic observations made during the mescaline-induced state in 124 patients are reviewed. Mescaline produces a "state of being" in which the clinical spectrum can range from sleep to rage and from normalcy to thoroughly disorganized mental states. Anxiety is considered the background upon which the mescaline experience evolves. One may consider the mescaline-induced state under three headings: 1. Hostility-aggression, 2. Sexuality, and 3. The transference. Various recurring symbolic gestures were noted, and many were frequently of a sexual nature.

The primary role of anxiety is reviewed and some theoretical concepts presented. Much further work remains to be done.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 115 • Number 3 • September 1958

Pages: 239 - 244

PubMed: 13571442

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Published in print: September 1958

Published online: 1 April 2006

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HERMAN C. B. DENBER

Manhattan State Hospital, Ward's Island, NewYork 35, and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York.

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STUDIES ON MESCALINE VIII: PSYCHODYNAMIC OBSERVATIONS

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