"Consistent with their explicit therapeutic intent, Bender, Fisher, and Simmons each offer essentially the same hypothesis based on a psychological interpretation of childhood schizophrenia: " The working hypothesis of this study is that the psychosis is a massive defensive structure in the service of protecting and defending the patient against his feelings and affectual states" (Fisher & Castile, 1963). Psychedelic drugs were viewed as a powerful means of undermining an intractable defense system and thereby making the patient more receptive to contact and communication with others."
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Robert E. Mogar and Robert W. Aldrich, "The Use of Psychedelic Agents with Autistic Schizophrenic Children", Behavioral Neuropsychiatry 1969 Nov; 1(8):44-50.
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