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Subjective Reactions to Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD-25)Measured by a Questionnaire
HARRIET B. LINTON, Ph.D.;
ROBERT J. LANGS, M.D.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1962;6(5):352-368.
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Introduction
Clinical and observational studies of the effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD25) have aroused much interest in recent years because of the unusual nature of the alterations in functioning that have been observed. Many have seen a possible relationship between these alterations and the disturbances seen in schizophrenic syndromes or, more generally, under conditions of altered levels of consciousness, such as sleep deprivation, hypnosis, and sensory isolation, and have been stimulated to explore the effects of the drug in great detail.4,7,9,10,16-19 The scope of possible change is wide and includes a variety of disturbances in ego functions, alterations in drive manifestations, and other psychopathology. These alterations have been conceptualized in a variety of ways. Savage,19 for example, described changes in autonomic functioning, motor functioning, mood, conation, cognition, and sensorium. Disturbances in thought and speech, affect, perception, behavior and
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Author Affiliations
NEW YORK
Research Center for Mental Health, New York University.
Footnotes
Submitted for publication Sept. 11, 1961.
This research was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health under Grant MY-3670, and was done while the junior author was a Senior Interdisciplinary Fellow under U.S. Public Health Service Grant 2M-6418 at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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