A clinical study of LSD treatment in alcoholism.

@article{Ludwig1969ACS,
  title={A clinical study of LSD treatment in alcoholism.},
  author={Arnold M. Ludwig and Jerome Levine and L H Stark and Roxana Lazăr},
  journal={The American journal of psychiatry},
  year={1969},
  volume={126 1},
  pages={
          59-69
        }
}
One hundred seventy-six male alcoholic patients participated in a controlled investigation of the differential efficacy of three LSD treatment procedures and a "no therapy," or milieu treatment, condition. Half of each group was also assigned to disulfiram after discharge from the hospital to determine whether any of these techniques could be enhanced by its use. Although significant improvement was shown within all treatment groups as measured by a number of clinical assessments in the post… Expand
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