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...Treat Thyself." Instead of the normal 50-minute hour on the couch, a patient being "facilitated" by LSD must go through an elaborate routine. First is a screening to exclude the severely depressed, including potential suicides, and those adjudged in danger of a severe emotional breakdown (psychosis). Then, after four foodless hours, the patients are ensconced on a couch in a comfortable, carpeted room with classical music piped in. After the tasteless shot of as little as a millionth of an ounce of LSD in water, they lie down and are fitted with blinders (a "sleep shield"). To make sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Psyche in 3-D | 3/28/1960 | See Source »

Regarding your article, "Anatomy of the Electorate," could you give me the breakdown on religion, comparing North and South...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 21, 1960 | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

...There are about 24.6 million Protestants in the South, 5.1 million Roman Catholics and 395,000 Jews. In the West, the figures go 6.1 million, 5.1 million and 494,000. For the rest of the country, the breakdown runs 30 million, 28.7 million, 4.4 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 21, 1960 | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 21, 1960 | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

...Hoffman circles the earth carrying six shirts, five pairs of eyeglasses and 290 lbs. of old letters, news clips, books. Also in his luggage: pad after pad of his "Handy-Dandy Little Giant Nervous Breakdown Avoider," a mail-answering form full of prefab messages such as "Congratulations," "Get well soon," "Let's both forget it," and "You paid me the highest compliment a woman ever paid a man, but I am not worthy of your love." That last item is frequently checked, for Hoffman is fond of women, including girls of all wages. His vision being what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRESSAGENTRY: Flack Be Nimble | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

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