The Therapeutic Value of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide in Mental Illness
Journal of Mental Science April 1, 1954 R. A. Sandison, A. M. Spencer, J. D. A. Whitelaw 191 citations
D-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD 25), first synthesized in 1938, is a synthetic amide that induces psychic states where subjects become aware of repressed memories and unconscious material while remaining conscious. In a one-year preliminary study of 36 psychoneurotic patients, the drug shows promise for treating psychoneuroses and related mental illnesses.