"MODEL PSYCHOSIS" PRODUCED BY INHALATION OF GASOLINE FUMES
ELIERE J. TOLAN M.D., and
FRIEDRICH A. LINGL M.D.1
1 Senior staff psychiatrists, Columbus State Hospital.
Two teen-age cases of toxic psychosis associated with gasoline inhalation are described and compared with the so-called "model psychoses" evoked by mescaline, LSD =25 and psilocybin. The symptoms were predominantly autonomic, perceptual and affective. The perceptual experiences included much personnally significant symbolic content. The inhaling of gasoline quickly became a tempting recurrent activity in the case of these two boys with maladjusted and impulsive personalities.
