Jan Bastiaans
1917–1997Jan Bastiaens claimed his LSD‑based method cured severe concentration‑camp syndrome, but a scandal arose when patient Eibert Meester’s alleged resistance past was disproved.
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Jan Bastiaens claimed that his method, which used LSD or pentothal to treat traumatized adults with concentration‑camp syndrome, could cure the most severe cases by breaking a self‑defence armour through therapeutic doses.
The claim was challenged after his prominent patient, Senator Eibert Meester, was found to have fabricated a resistance past and imprisonment in Germany; Bastiaens had published a book about Meester’s supposed experiences before Meester’s ex‑wife publicly denied them, embarrassing Bastiaens and tarnishing his reputation.
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