LSD Psychosis or LSD-Induced Schizophrenia?
Archives of General Psychiatry August 1, 1983 Michael M. Vardy 145 citations
Patients hospitalized for LSD-induced psychosis are clinically similar to patients with first-episode schizophrenia in family history of psychosis, premorbid adjustment, most cognitive measures, and rates of rehospitalization over three to five years. The two groups differed on some clinical features, but the rate of parental alcoholism among LSD psychotics far exceeded that among schizophrenics and the general population. The findings suggest LSD psychosis represents a drug-induced schizophreniform reaction in individuals vulnerable to both substance abuse and psychosis.