Lysergic acid diethylamide tartrate (LSD-25) dosage levels, group differences and social interaction

研究概要

Sixteen subjects who were either prison inmates, alcoholics or chronic schizophrenics underwent a study to examine the effects of LSD-25 on social behaviours, measured by the Bales Interaction Process Analysis technique. Subjects were organized into four groups of four, with an inmate group, two groups of alcoholics and a group of schizophrenics. Various doses of LSD were given. Total interaction increased at lower doses and decreased at higher doses. The effects observed depended on the group, with increased negative social-emotional behaviours in the inmates, increased positive behaviours in the alcoholic groups and an increase in both behaviours in the schizophrenics group.