American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 103
- Number 6
- May 1947
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1947
Pages738–7481. Observations on the effect of breathing low oxygen are reported in a series of 67 patients and 42 controls, in whom changes in central nervous system activity were measured by the EEG and changes in behavior by the interaction chronogram. 2. Most ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.103.6.738Publication date: 01 May 1947
Pages749–757Electroencephalographic recordings from the base of the brain give valuable supplementary information to data obtained from conventional scalp recordings. Various locations of the deep lead are possible—subsphenoid, spheno-ethmoidal or subfrontal. Several ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.103.6.749Publication date: 01 May 1947
Pages758–7691. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (M. Inventory) was evaluated by application to 416 United States Army enlisted personnel. Results in this study present convincing evidence that the test is a valuable psychometric adjunct to clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.103.6.758Publication date: 01 May 1947
Pages770–779The Rorschach test records of 60 post-traumatic, brain injured patients have been compared with those of 100 control patients in an effort to find factors characteristic of organic cerebral alterations. Piotrowski's ten signs of cerebral disturbance have ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.103.6.770Publication date: 01 May 1947
Pages780–784Many of the manuals on the Rorschach present data for "normal" subjects which explicitly or implicitly are given as normal reference points. These reference points differ somewhat from manual to manual. They differ a good deal from the Rorschach data ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.103.6.780Publication date: 01 May 1947
Pages785–792A brief test of adult intelligence designed for psychiatric examiners is reported. The test (Preliminary Test of Intelligence) consists of vocabulary, comprehension, similarities and differences, and arithmetic items and can be administered and scored in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.103.6.785Publication date: 01 May 1947
Pages793–805The autokinetic phenomenon is the visual experience of apparent movement of a stationary object, and can be observed most effectively by looking at a fixed pin-point light in a totally dark room. The phenomenon is offered here as a projective measure of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.103.6.793Publication date: 01 May 1947
Pages806–810Brief psychotherapeutic interviews try to utilize the dynamic knowledge of the individual patient's past life and to apply it to a satisfactory adjustment to the present. His hopes and plans for the future are constantly taken into consideration. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.103.6.806Publication date: 01 May 1947
Pages823–8271. The electroencephalographic distributions for 160 children with primary behavior disorders, 139 adults with psychopathic personality and 98 parents of 58 patients were presented. 2. These were contrasted with the electroencephalographic distributions ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.103.6.823Publication date: 01 May 1947
Pages828–830A 27-year-old combat soldier was admitted to a general hospital overseas because of hysterical blindness. He proved to be a good hypnotic subject and vision was restored after one session. In a subsequent hypnotic session a second degree burn with blister ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.103.6.828Publication date: 01 May 1947
Pages831–832One hundred fifteen hyperthyroid patients were studied from a psychological viewpoint. The presence of phobias was discerned to be a presenting symptom. The majority of patients presenting phobias were women. Eight men were found to have this complaint. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.103.6.831Publication date: 01 May 1947
Pages834–836One psychotic pregnant female was treated by electroshock therapy between the fourth and sixth months of pregnancy, without the use of supplementary medication. A total of 17 treatments, with major convulsions, was given. This patient went into labor at ...
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