https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.464
After more than sixty years we are still unclear whether LSD has a place in clinical psychiatry
Submitted: May 18, 2020
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Accepted: July 6, 2020
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Dear Editor, The use of the psychedelic Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) has again provoked scientific debate over its efficacy and safety. In the 1950s-1960s LSD was used in psychotherapy for treating depression, anxiety related to terminal cancer, addiction, and pain. (...)
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Saniotis, A. (2020). After more than sixty years we are still unclear whether LSD has a place in clinical psychiatry. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome, 23(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2020.464
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