LSD and Onset of Schizophrenia
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry February 1, 1981 DOI: 10.1177/070674378102600113 via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractChronic schizophrenics who had taken LSD before their illness began showed no meaningful differences in the age at which symptoms first appeared or the age at which they were first hospitalized, compared with schizophrenics who had not used LSD. A matched controlled study of 37 individuals in each group found no significant differences on either measure.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Matched controlled study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 74 |
| Population | Chronic schizophrenics |
| Intervention | LSD |
| Keywords | Schizophrenia object-oriented programming Age of onset Psychiatry Psychosis Clinical psychology |
| Citations | 7 |
| Key finding | No significant differences in age at onset of symptoms or age at first admission between schizophrenics who had taken LSD before illness onset and those who had not. |
Abstract
In a matched controlled study 37 chronic schizophrenics who had taken LSD preceding the onset of their illness were compared with schizophrenics who had not. There were no significant differences between the groups either on age at onset of symptoms or for age at first admission.