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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 108
  • Number 8
  • February 1952

Article

Publication date: 01 February 1952

Pages572–578

1. 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.108.8.572

Publication date: 01 February 1952

Pages579–584

The 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.108.8.579

Publication date: 01 February 1952

Pages585–589

This 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.108.8.585

Publication date: 01 February 1952

Pages590–599

In 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.108.8.590

Publication date: 01 February 1952

Pages610–616

The 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.108.8.610

Publication date: 01 February 1952

Pages617–624

1. 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 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.8.617

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