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Title

50 years of LSD : current status and perspectives of hallucinogens : a symposium of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, Lugano-Agno (Switzerland), October 21 and 22, 1993 / edited by A. Pletscher and D. Ladewig.

Publication

New York : Parthenon Pub. Group, c1994.

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Additional Authors

• Ladewig, Dieter, 1938-
• Pletscher, A. (Alfred), 1917-
• Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften. Symposium (1993 : Lugano, Switzerland)

Description

viii, 238 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Alternative Title

Fifty years of LSD.

Subjects

• Hallucinogenic drugs > Congresses
• LSD (Drug) > Congresses
• Congress
• Hallucinogens
• Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

Genre/Form

Congress.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Preface / A. Pletscher -- 1. History of the discovery of LSD / A. Hofmann -- 2. 5-Hydroxytryptamine receptor interactions of D-lysergic acid diethylamide / S. J. Peroutka -- 3. LSD and phenethylamine hallucinogens: common sites of neuronal action / G. K. Aghajanian -- 4. Ethnopharmacology of LSD and related compounds / L. Rivier -- 5. Experience of time and space in model psychoses / H. Heimann -- 6. Evidence for a cortical-subcortical imbalance of sensory information processing during altered states of consciousness using positron emission tomography and [[superscript 18]F]fluorodeoxyglucose / F. X. Vollenweider -- 7. Arylalkanamine-induced effects in normal volunteers: on the significance of research in hallucinogenic agents for psychiatry / L. Hermle, M. Spitzer and E. Gouzoulis -- 8. Psychological aspects of altered states of consciousness of the LSD type: measurement of their basic dimensions and prediction of individual differences / A. Dittrich.
• 9. Acid against established realities: a transcultural and transdisciplinary view of LSD and related hallucinogens / H. Isernhagen -- 10. Pharmacological standards for evaluation of clinical effects of hallucinogens / M. Lader -- 11. Human psychopharmacology of LSD, dimethyltryptamine and related compounds / R. J. Strassman -- 12. Hallucinogens as an aid in psychotherapy: basic principles and results / H. Leuner -- 13. Perspectives on LSD and psychotherapy: the search for a new paradigm / R. Yensen -- 14. Psychotherapeutic effects / R. Richter -- 15. Methodological issues in the evaluation of a medication for its potential benefits in enhancing psychotherapy / C. P. O'Brien and R. T. Jones -- Conclusions, with special regard to clinical aspects / D. Ladewig.

ISBN

1850705690

LCCN

94008290 //r94

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