This study was designed to measure the changes in consciousness produced by combinations of LSD, hypnosis, and psychotherapy. Five groups of 14 patients received the modified Linton-Langs Questionnaire during baseline and treatment settings. The results indicated that the hypnodelic condition (LSD + Hypnosis + Psychotherapy) caused the greatest alteration in consciousness and could be statistically differentiated from all other conditions in the scale measures and total questionnaire score. The Psychedelic (LSD + Psychotherapy), Mild (LSD), and Hypnotherapy (Hypnosis + Psychotherapy) conditions could not be clearly distinguished from one another, but differed significantly from the Psychotherapy condition and baseline measurements.
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