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Pentothal Sodium Narcoanalysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

William Blyth*
Affiliation:
Gartloch Emergency Hospital, Gartcosh, Glasgow

Extract

The term narcoanalysis may be applied to a technique whereby psychotherapeutic principles are applied and analytical investigations are conducted with the patient under treatment in a mild narcotic state.

Type
Part II.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1942 

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