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Prolonged reactions to mescaline

Prolonged reactions to mescaline 213 1 1 3 3 Ian Stevenson Thomas W. Richards Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, School of Medicine University of Virginia Charlottesville Department of Psychiatry and Neurology Louisiana State University, School of Medicine New Orleans Summary 1. Two cases of prolonged reactions to mescaline (400 mg. orally, one lasting four days, one lasting eleven days are reported. 2. The two subjects showing these prolonged reactions had reactions during the periods of maximal intoxication which were more severe than those of most other subjects in a series of 47 experiments on 25 subjects. Their reactions, however, were not more severe than those of some other subjects who did not have prolonged reactions. 3. In both subjects the reactions resembled mild schizophrenic reactions. One subject had a life-long pattern of withdrawal into fantasies during stress. He took mescaline at a time of stress in his life. The mescaline seems to have reinforced his pattern of withdrawal making it temporarily of psychotic proportions. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychopharmacology Springer Journals

Prolonged reactions to mescaline

Psychopharmacology , Volume 1 (3) – May 1, 1960

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1960 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Biomedicine; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Psychiatry
ISSN
0033-3158
eISSN
1432-2072
DOI
10.1007/BF00402745
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Abstract

213 1 1 3 3 Ian Stevenson Thomas W. Richards Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, School of Medicine University of Virginia Charlottesville Department of Psychiatry and Neurology Louisiana State University, School of Medicine New Orleans Summary 1. Two cases of prolonged reactions to mescaline (400 mg. orally, one lasting four days, one lasting eleven days are reported. 2. The two subjects showing these prolonged reactions had reactions during the periods of maximal intoxication which were more severe than those of most other subjects in a series of 47 experiments on 25 subjects. Their reactions, however, were not more severe than those of some other subjects who did not have prolonged reactions. 3. In both subjects the reactions resembled mild schizophrenic reactions. One subject had a life-long pattern of withdrawal into fantasies during stress. He took mescaline at a time of stress in his life. The mescaline seems to have reinforced his pattern of withdrawal making it temporarily of psychotic proportions.

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PsychopharmacologySpringer Journals

Published: May 1, 1960

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