Comparison of the LSD-25 Experience and Delirium Tremens
Archives of General Psychiatry July 1, 1959 Keith S. Ditman 21 citations
The authors aim to develop an objective method for studying the subjective aspects of experiences induced by hallucinogenic drugs, particularly lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25). They note the rapid development of new hallucinogenic compounds and their increasing use in treatment and psychodynamic investigations, along with varied and contradictory descriptions of their psychic effects—labeled as experimental schizophrenia, model psychosis, or toxic delirium. The authors' interest is not in LSD-25's therapeutic value or use in psychodynamic investigation, but in creating a method that does not interfere with the experience itself.