The British Journal of Psychiatry (1968) 114: 225-232. doi: 10.1192/bjp.114.507.225
© 1968 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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The Effects of Polarization on Normal Subjects

L. J. SHEFFIELD B.Med.Sci. and R. M. MOWBRAY M.A., Ph.D.1

1 Reader in Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne

1. The effects of positive and negative polarizing currents described by Lippold and Redfearn (1964) were tested on six normal subjects in a double blind experiment.

2. In addition to clinical observation a number of objective measures were used to assess mood and alertness.

3. As the control and current sessions could not be distinguished at statistically significant levels, the reported effects of polarizing current could not be confirmed.

Submitted on May 3, 1967