Blewett, D.B. and N. Chwelos. Handbook for the Therapeutic Use of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide-25, Individual and Group Procedures (photocopy), 1959

Item — Box: 13, Folder: 5

Identifier: MSP 1, Series 3, Sub-Series 6, File 1, Item 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series: Contains seven items including the doctoral dissertation of Mary Elizabeth McCarthy; photocopies of unique monographs such as Joanna and Timothy Leary's Neurologic; a handbook about using LSD in a therapeutic setting; and reports published by the Militarpsykologiska Institutet of Sweden.

Dates

1959

Language of Materials

From the Sub-Series: Material is in English. Galician and German are also present.

Access Information

Patient Notes (Series 1, Sub-Series 4), Student Experiences (Series 2), and Research Studies, Projects and Proposals (Series 3, Sub-Series 1) containing confidential information are restricted for 75 years from the date they were created. Copies with sensitive information redacted are available for research.

Historical Information

In the 1950's and 1960's, mimeograph copies of this handbook were shared among pioneering therapists exploring the therapeutic use of LSD. To this day, it remains one of the most relevant documented explorations of the guided psychedelic session.