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The Effects of LSD on Body Sway Suggestibility in a Group of Hospital Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. Middlefell
R. Middlefell*
Affiliation:
Deva and Moston Hospitals, Chester
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In carrying out short term therapy involving one to six sessions with doses of 75 μg. to 200 μg. of LSD, the author gained a definite clinical impression that suggestibility was influenced by LSD, although there is little mention of such a parameter in the classification of LSD effects. Remarks meant to be helpful sometimes proved much more effective whilst patients were influenced by LSD than when they had been given in ordinary interview. Classification of the phenomena of LSD intoxication may have therapeutic orientation and dynamic concepts or it may draw on purely descriptive terms with symptomatic significance.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 496 , March 1967 , pp. 277 - 280
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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