Flashback: Psychiatric experimentation with LSD in historical perspective

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 381-388

  Dyck, Erika ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hallucinogenic drugs; LSD; Neuropsychopharmacology

Indexed keywords

LYSERGIDE;

CANADA; CIVIL DISORDER; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544445510     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505000703     Document Type: Review

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