B H C Abram Hoffer (1 results)

Second edition. Rare (no OCLC library holdings). Near fine. Printed/stapled wraps, 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches, 35 pp. "In this pamphlet you will find a partial transcription of Dr. A. Hoffer's talks given at various American Schizophrenia Association Forums and edited by him." Mentions the treatment of alcoholics with LSD (p. 14). Contents: Description of Schizophrenia; Diagnosis; Mauve factor; Mauve test; The Adrenochrome Hypothesis and the Megavitamin Therapy Based on it; A simplified design of the theory and treatment; Treatment; Niacin, niacinamide, NAD; Pellara; Dosages; Side effects; Toxicity; Treatment Phases; Phase One; Phase Two; Unilateral electric shock treatment; Phase Three; Phase Four; Results; Double blind control studies; Ten year cure rate; Chronics in mental hospitals; Fifteen year cure rate; Suicide rate; Rehospitalization; Children study; Corroboration by psychiatrists; Disadvantages; Too slow; To much medication; Not much help for chronics; Prevention of schizophrenia; Schizophrenics Anonymous; Addresses. "An interesting thing about pellagra is that often you cannot tell the difference between a pellagrin and a schizophrenic, they are so alike. When the American government as the result of the war effort ordered your flour millers to put vitamin B-3 into your flour, by this one simple measure you eradicated in a year nearly every case of pellagra in the U.S. In 1939 10% of all the admission to southern mental hospitals were pellagrins, who were in fact schizophrenic from pellagra." (3214016).…