American Journal of Psychiatry

1. Electronarcosis has been administered to a group of 53 mentally ill persons. The results of follow-up studies one month after treatment was completed may be summarized as follows: 37 cases of schizophrenia were treated, 7 recovered; 9 cases of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.15

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BRIEF STIMULUS THERAPY

W. T. LIBERSON

Publication date: 01 July 1948

Pages28–39

1. Brief stimulus therapy was administered to 80 patients, 46 of whom had no other type of shock. In the latter group, patients with affective disorders were recovered in about 80% of cases; the remaining patients were all improved. In 20 schizophrenic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.28

SIGNIFICANCE OF CHANGES IN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM WHICH RESULT FROM SHOCK THERAPY

Publication date: 01 July 1948

Pages40–45

1. In a series of 58 patients receiving shock therapy the character of the preshock EEG record was found to be directly related to age and to severity of clinical disorder. 2. There was an unusually high incidence of abnormal records in this series. 3. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.40

THE PROBLEM SOLDIER AND THE ARMY

JOHN M. CALDWELL

Publication date: 01 July 1948

Pages46–51

1. During World War II, neuropsychiatric disorders were the cause of rejections of 12% of all men examined for military service, the basis for 6 to 7% of total admissions to army hospitals, and the reason for 49% of all separations for mental or physical ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.46

PSYCHOSES OCCURRING AMONG PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITIES IN ASSOCIATION WITH INELASTIC SITUATIONS OVERSEAS

Publication date: 01 July 1948

Pages52–59

The present study is concerned with a group of 50 psychotic patients with psychopathic personalities, encountered in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II. The heredity, environmental background, personality development, and psychopathology ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.52

THE STERILIZATION OF PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS UNDER STATE LAWS

CLARENCE J. GAMBLE

Publication date: 01 July 1948

Pages60–62https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.60

PENICILLIN THERAPY IN GENERAL PARESIS

GEORGE D. WEICKHARDT

Publication date: 01 July 1948

Pages63–67

1. One hundred patients with paretic neurosyphilis were followed 6 months to 2 years after treatment. No significant difference was found in the results obtained with penicillin alone and with concurrent malaria-penicillin. 2. Penicillin alone in a total ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.105.1.63