H. D., Sidney Merlis M. D.
2005
Citations
0
Influential Citations
1
Citations
Journal
The Psychiatric Quarterly
Abstract
The intravenous injection of 0.5 grams of mescaline sulfate in 25 schizophrenic patients produced a varied clinical picture, with a predominance of emotional over ideational reactions. Within one hour the alpha activity decreased or disappeared in 20 patients, increased in four and showed relatively little change in one patient. There is no relationship between clinical phenomena and brain waves. Following a course of electric convulsive treatments, mescaline reactivated the psychosis in 10 to 12 patients. The treatment produced only a quantitative change in symptoms and did not affect the structure of the psychosis.