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A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE USE OF D-DESOXYEPHEDRINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN THE STUDY OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

JOSEPH SCHEIN and PAUL GOOLKERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 107, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.11.850

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1. D-desoxyephedrine hydrochloride was employed intravenously in an intensive study of 22 patients with psychoneurotic illness.

2. It was found invaluable as a working tool for—

(a) the delineation of defenses available to the patient, and the role of this delineation in diagnosis and research.

(b) a nosological differentiation in so-called "border-line" syndromes.

(d) the unexpected confrontation of the alert patient with a dramatic change in his chronic symptoms, and its consequent impetus toward recovery.

(e) the marked reduction in time consumed in obtaining valuable conscious and preconscious material.

3. A repeated phenomenon, which we have labeled "reawakening of focal memory," has been frequently observed, and represents a challenge to the study of recall, and psychic representation.

4. It allows for clearly observable phenomena even in the presence of a group, and thus affords an excellent medium for teaching purposes.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 107 • Number 11 • May 1951

Pages: 850 - 855

PubMed: 14829610

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Published in print: May 1951

Published online: 1 April 2006

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JOSEPH SCHEIN

The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City.

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PAUL GOOLKER

The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City.

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A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE USE OF D-DESOXYEPHEDRINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN THE STUDY OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

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