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A Preliminary Report on the use of Sernyl in Psychiatric Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Brian M. Davies*
Affiliation:
The Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals

Extract

Many chemical substances have been used to assist psychotherapeutic treatment. Abreactive procedures, using either depressant substances like sodium amytal, or excitatory substances like methedrine, or sometimes a combination of these substances, are standard procedures though, in everyday psychiatric practice, their use is limited.

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Original Articles
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1960 

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