American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 108
- Number 8
- February 1952
Article
Publication date: 01 February 1952
Pages572–5781. The effects of minute amounts of dlysergic acid diethylamide tartrate (L. S. D.) on normal subjects, with an age range of 19-48 years, and some psychotic patients of the schizophrenic, depressive, and paranoic type are reported. 2. Psychotic phenomena ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.8.572Publication date: 01 February 1952
Pages579–584The effects of mescaline and lysergic acid were studied in schizophrenic patients. It was found that physiological changes were produced in these patients and that their mental symptomatology was markedly aggravated. The observations made with the above-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.8.579Publication date: 01 February 1952
Pages585–589This paper discusses theoretical points of drug-induced abnormal mental states. The reaction of 3 different drugs, sodium amytal, pervitin, and mescaline, on the same individual is described and the differences noted. The relationship of personality type ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.8.585Publication date: 01 February 1952
Pages590–599In this paper, an attempt has been made to examine critically what is known concerning the mechanisms through which drugs modify personality function, in terms of subjective experience, overt performance, and neurophysiology. A study of available data and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.8.590Publication date: 01 February 1952
Pages610–616The same favorable results as reported for the original group of 11 patients were obtained in the second larger group justifying the conclusion that narcosynthesis immediately following insulin coma appears to deserve its place in the treatment of mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.8.610Publication date: 01 February 1952
Pages617–6241. The social and cultural background of the Eastern Kentucky coal miner is described. 2. A "miner's syndrome" is commonly seen in the miner past 40. This is characterized by numerous somatic complaints, a passive dependent attitude, and an outstanding ...
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