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Depersonalization and the use of LSD: A psychodynamic study

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  1. Dept. of Psychiatry, Queens Hospital Center/Hillside Hospital Affiliation, 82-68 164th Street, 11432, Jamaica, N.Y.

    Herbert Waltzer M.D. (Ass't Director)

  2. Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y.

    Herbert Waltzer M.D. (Ass't Director)

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Waltzer, H. Depersonalization and the use of LSD: A psychodynamic study. Am J Psychoanal 32, 45–52 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01872483

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