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History of Psychiatry

ISSN 0957-154X

4 papers in the library · 77 citations · publishing 2005-2017

Papers

Prohibited or regulated? LSD psychotherapy and the United States Food and Drug Administration

History of Psychiatry May 19, 2016 Matthew Oram 32 citations

The decline of LSD-assisted psychotherapy research in the USA during the 1960s is often attributed to prohibitive federal regulations aimed at curbing recreational use. However, a close examination of the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of LSD research shows that research was never prohibited and was supported more than previously recognized. Instead, the decline reflected complex changes in the regulation of pharmaceutical research and development, rather than a simple ban on LSD studies.

Neurotoxicity and LSD treatment: a follow-up study of 151 patients in Denmark

History of Psychiatry March 10, 2016 Jens Knud Larsen 29 citations

LSD was introduced in psychiatry in the 1950s, and between 1960 and 1973 nearly 400 patients were treated with LSD in Denmark. By 1964, one homicide, two suicides, and four suicide attempts had been reported. In 1986, the Danish LSD Damages Law was passed after complaints by only one patient, and all 154 applicants received financial compensation for LSD-inflicted harm. Most patients suffered severe side effects many years afterward; two-thirds had flashbacks. With renewed interest in LSD therapy, the neurotoxic potential of LSD should be considered.

Philosophy of mind in the Yogacara Buddhist idealistic school

History of Psychiatry December 1, 2005 Fernando Tola, Carmen Dragonetti 9 citations

In Yogacara Buddhist idealism, the mind has two parts: receptacle consciousness, which holds unconscious traces (vasanas) from past experiences, and function consciousness, where those traces become conscious ideas of a self and objects. These vasanas have been produced since beginningless time without any real basis, in a fantasmagorical process.

LSD experiments by the United States Army

History of Psychiatry July 7, 2017 Colin A. Ross 7 citations

Between 1955 and 1967, the US Army conducted extensive LSD testing on soldiers at Edgewood Arsenal and other sites. Official reports, including the 2003 Veterans Health Initiative Report, have minimized the short- and long-term side effects of this testing, but the reports themselves document frequent and severe complications that the Army attributed directly to LSD exposure. Given renewed psychiatric interest in hallucinogens, the authors argue that the sanitized official account should be replaced with a more accurate description of the harm suffered by soldiers.