"MODEL PSYCHOSIS" PRODUCED BY INHALATION OF GASOLINE FUMES
American Journal of Psychiatry February 1, 1964 DOI: 10.1176/ajp.120.8.757 via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractTwo teenage boys with pre-existing personality maladjustment and impulsivity developed toxic psychosis after inhaling gasoline. Their symptoms were primarily autonomic, perceptual, and affective, and included personally significant symbolic content in their perceptual experiences. The symptoms resembled those of so-called 'model psychoses' induced by mescaline, LSD-25, and psilocybin. Gasoline inhalation quickly became a tempting, recurrent activity for both boys.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Case study Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 2 |
| Population | Two teenage boys with maladjusted and impulsive personalities |
| Intervention | gasoline inhalation |
| Topics | LSD Mescaline Psilocybin |
| Keywords | Psychosis Inhalation Psychology |
| Citations | 37 |
| Key finding | Gasoline inhalation can produce a toxic psychosis with autonomic, perceptual, and affective symptoms that parallel the 'model psychoses' induced by mescaline, LSD-25, and psilocybin. |
Abstract
Two teen-age cases of toxic psychosis associated with gasoline inhalation are described and compared with the so-called "model psychoses" evoked by mescaline, LSD =25 and psilocybin. The symptoms were predominantly autonomic, perceptual and affective. The perceptual experiences included much personnally significant symbolic content. The inhaling of gasoline quickly became a tempting recurrent activity in the case of these two boys with maladjusted and impulsive personalities.