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No.132
(§102a)
M
349
mental
defectives
M 324 memory
M 329 suggestibility
.....
_ES,
rgic
M.E.B.,
acid
in
DAVIES,
mental
T.S.
M 398 psychotherapy
(Hensol
Castle,
Pontyclun,
Glam.)
deficiency.
_ cet
1090
(1955).
i:
:
:
_,,,
:
Lysergic
acid diethylamide
an adjunct
in the psychotherapeutic
anxiety
tension
and obsessional
et
M.'
Their work led us to treat
(LSD2b) WaS used as
treatment
of chronic
neuroses
by Sandison
similarly
a series of 16
mental
defectives
whose symptoms
and history
suggested
that their failure of intellectual
and social deveIopinent
may
have
been due, in no small
part,
to emotional
factors
operating during development.
The drug was given orally in doses of from 20 to
400
tag.
in distilled water and was found to stimulate
the memories of
these patients,
but
the abreactive
effects
were limited and in
spite
of
fairly prdlonged
periods
of treatment---up
to 26
treac_aente
in three
months--no
lasting
benefit
has been
observed.
In
7
_(_
the
patients
were _
_atlve
a_i e_apera.
tire for a few days after the
treatment
but
relapsed
quite
quickly.
The majority
experienced
physical
symptoms
such
as
flush_
of
the i_hco and limbs,
tingling
in the arms and legs,
choking in
the throat,
and
constriction
of the chest.
The bizarre
hallucinatory
experiences
recorded
by others
were noted ix_ only
2
of our 16 cases and in these they were
much simpler in character
and may well have been the result
of inadvertent
suggestion
on the part of the staff.
It was
observed
that under
LSD25,
most of our patients
were easily
influenced
by suggestion.
This may be of therapeulic
xalue
rather than
a
disadvantage.
No instances
of post-LSD (h,I)rcssion
occurred
and o,dy 2
patients
"were
apprehertsive
or I'_'arful during treatment.
The
majority looked forward to it, possibly because of the increased
amount
of attention
which they received
from the staff
during this period.
Our impression
is that while the effects of lysergie acid
on mental
defectives
is to stimulate
the memory,
the,
general pattern
of the resulting
experiences
is of a very
simple order ; but is of value as an add in the psycho.
therapeutic
approach
to such cases.
I.
Sandisoa, A.,Spencer,
M., WhRelaw,
J.
D.
J. me_. 8c/.
R.
A.
1954,1o@,491. Sendlson,
R.a.
Ib/d,
p.508.
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m15)
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