Blossom Pulse Archive

What happened in psychedelic research in 1960

2 events from 1960, dated by when they happened rather than when we logged them. Papers as they published, trials starting and finishing, programme milestones, and the news coverage around them, grouped by week.

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Week of 8 February 1960

  • This open-label study (n=4; 1960) with psilocybin (5-10mg) describes the subjective effects of the participants. The effects found range from slower speech to trying to stay in control (overcontrol). The participants didn't experience hallucinations and only one participants' pupils dilated.

    PsilocybinNeuroimaging & Brain Measures

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Week of 28 December 1959

  • Open, observational study (Archives of General Psychiatry, March 1962; Freedman AM, Ebin EV, Wilson EA) at a day school for children with schizophrenia. From a total school population of 40, 12 well-known pupils were selected who met the authors' criteria for autistic schizophrenia: 10 boys and 2 girls aged 5 years 11 months to 11 years 10 months; 7 were essentially mute and the other 5 used words or phrases only occasionally. No control arm or randomisation. Intervention: d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25) administered in an open exploratory design; dose details and session structure not fully described in available methods extract. Outcomes: behavioural and developmental observations at the day school. No trial registry; pre-dates any formal registration requirement.

    LSD

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