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The Therapeutic Value of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide in Mental Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

R. A. Sandison ,
A. M. Spencer  and
J. D. A. Whitelaw
J. D. A. Whitelaw
Affiliation:
Powick Mental Hospital, near Worcester
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D-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD 25) was first prepared in 1938 by Stoll and Hofmann. It is the synthetic amide of d-lysergic acid with a secondary amine, diethylamine and belongs to the ergonovine group of ergot alkaloids all of which have lysergic acid as a base. After its ingestion in minute doses, it induces psychic states in which the subject becomes aware of repressed memories and other unconscious material in a setting of clear consciousness. This preliminary paper describes the results obtained from the use of the drug in 36 psychoneurotic patients over a period of one year. We consider that the drug will find a significant place in the treatment of the psychoneuroses and allied mental illnesses.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 100 , Issue 419 , April 1954 , pp. 491 - 507
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1954 

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