Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Drug-induced mystical experiences might be used in treating personality and behavioral disorders, Dr. Pahnke said. In this treatment, Dr. Pahnke said "the drug is a necessary, but not sufficient condition" for therapy. The subject is given high does of psilocybin, with psychotherapy sessions before and after administration of the drug. The physician hopes to produce a unique experience for the patient which, it is hoped, will induce a rapid personality change...
...been suggested that the failures result from an initial shortage of serotonin, and that along with doses of psychic energizers, the thing to do is to supply the brain's metabolic factory with another chemical, 5-HTP, from which it can manufacture more serotonin. This two-drug treatment seemed to work in some cases, but still not as well as expected. Evidently, the reasoning ran, the 5-HTP was not being utilized efficiently...
...record 3,000,000 Americans expected to go overseas this year, very few will run afoul of foreign laws. Those who do can expect fair treatment, even in many Communist countries. Everywhere, the troubled tourist's best friend is the U.S. consul, reachable from remote places by wiring "Amconsul" in the nearest large city. Today, the consul negotiates from strength-no one wants to discourage a mounting influx of U.S. tourist dollars...
...these consolations, the rare American who winds up in a foreign jail cannot expect to lean on the U.S. Constitution. Every tourist is subject to the laws of the land in which he travels. All his consul can do is see to it that he gets the same legal treatment as any citizen of that country. Among the legal pitfalls most likely to face U.S. tourists...
...EAST GERMANY. U.S. citizens born in East Germany may be arrested on reentry. Though devoid of U.S. protection, other Americans can expect official courtesy and first-class hospital treatment in case of accidents...