A Clinical Study of the Mescaline Psychosis, with Special Reference to the Mechanism of the Genesis of Schizophrenic and Other Psychotic States
Journal of Mental Science January 1, 1940 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.86.360.29 via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractPsychiatrists have recently focused on experimentally reproducing psychotic phenomena in healthy individuals, yielding remarkable and interesting facts that expand clinical understanding of psychosis.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Mescaline |
| Keywords | Psychosis Mechanism biology Schizophrenia object-oriented programming Subject documents |
| Citations | 64 |
| Key finding | Experimental reproduction of psychotic phenomena in normal persons has added remarkable and interesting facts to clinical knowledge. |
Abstract
The experimental reproduction of psychotic phenomena in the normal person is a subject which has attracted much attention in recent years from psychiatrists, and which has added remarkable and interesting facts to our clinical knowledge.