American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 104
- Number 6
- December 1947
Article
Publication date: 01 December 1947
Pages361–368It is clear that the results of prefrontal lobotomy are quite variable. Clinically a few cases are dramatically improved and may be restored to a healthy efficient life in the community, a rather large number are partially improved or rendered more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.361Publication date: 01 December 1947
Pages369–3791. Evidence has been presented to show that the cerebral psychomotor patterns of Gibbs, Gibbs and Lennox are related to certain variations of the 10-cycle or alpha rhythm of the brain, which have been termed alpha variants. The most common variants ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.369Publication date: 01 December 1947
Pages380–386One hundred and thirty cases presenting a syndrome including cranialgia, emotional instability, vasomotor instability, impaired consciousness, loss of consciousness, personality disorders and epilepsy, have been found to have a common EEG component, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.380Publication date: 01 December 1947
Pages391–4011. The physiological and psychological factors relating to idiopathic syncopal attacks are discussed since this symptom was predominant in the group discharged with non-epileptic diagnoses. 2. The symptoms produced by arresting cerebral circulation in man ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.391Publication date: 01 December 1947
Pages402–409The shock therapies have provided a portion of relief for the enigmas of schizophrenia. However, socio-economic problems of considerable import have emerged together with the partial successes of this therapy. For one thing, there has been a subtle shift ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.402Publication date: 01 December 1947
Pages410–4131. To illustrate the value of the pluralistic approach to the problem of stammering a case is reported in detail in which psychotherapy speech training, and electric convulsive therapy were utilized. 2. The dominant psychoneurotic traits were amenable to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.104.6.410Publication date: 01 December 1947
Pages414–417The literature concerning group psychotherapy is briefly reviewed. A report of group psychotherapy in a group of officers recovering from functional psychoses is made. Patients' opinions of this method are reported. It is believed that group psychotherapy ...
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