American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 104
- Number 2
- August 1947
Article
Publication date: 01 August 1947
Pages73–801. A folow-up study of 30 cases of prefrontal lobotomy was done. Twenty-three of these patients were operated on after admission to St. Elizabeths Hospital after a prolonged incapacitating illness. Of these 23, 21 were benefited by the operation, 11 were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.2.73Publication date: 01 August 1947
Pages81–821. Cortical representations of the autonomic nervous system are located in the prefrontal area. 2. Following the subcortical section of the frontal lobes, the autonomic nervous system becomes more responsive to stimuli from without. 3. Equilibrium ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.2.81Publication date: 01 August 1947
Pages83–91Personality studies were conducted on a group of 75 psychiatric patients classified as psychoneurosis, schizophrenia, manic-depressive psychosis and involutional psychosis, before and after a course of electric convulsive therapy. The personality tests ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.2.83Publication date: 01 August 1947
Pages92–99Six cats were made experimentally neurotic and were then subjected to cerebral electroshocks comparable to those used in clinical therapy. All of these animals showed a marked disintegration of inhibitions, phobias, compulsions and other neurotic patterns,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.2.92Publication date: 01 August 1947
Pages100–1121. Forty percent of the most chronic patients showed significant improvement in ward behavior if adequately and repeatedly treated with suitable type of electroshock therapy. Relapses must be treated whenever they occur over months and years. 2. At least ...
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