A Comparison of the Phenomenology of Hallucinogens and Schizophrenia From Some Autobiographical Accounts*
Schizophrenia Bulletin January 1, 1977 J.e. Kleinman, J. Christian Gillin, Richard Jed Wyatt 20 citations
Most reviews comparing the phenomenology of hallucinogens and schizophrenia rely on scientists' summaries of research-subject interviews. Autobiographical accounts of both drug experiences and schizophrenia exist but are rarely compared directly. This paper identifies a gap: no review has compared the subjective phenomenology of drug experiences and schizophrenia using only first-person autobiographies. Previous work by Hoffer and Osmond drew conclusions from second-hand accounts; Kaplan edited autobiographical accounts from people with mental illnesses and drug experiences; Metzner collected autobiographical accounts of mescaline, psilocybin, and LSD experiences; Freedman reviewed autobiographical accounts of schizophrenia, focusing on the structure and process of schizophrenic thinking.