American Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: 01 July 1949

As physicians, we are proud of the phenomenal progress that medicine has made in the relief of suffering, the cure of illness, and the prevention of disease. By comparison with the total field of medicine, we in psychiatry have shared this progress only ...

Publication date: 01 July 1949

Publication date: 01 July 1949

(1) The physiological and psychological responses following intravenous saline, intravenous epinephrine, and intramuscular mecholyl (B methyl acetyl choline) given on successive days were correlated with clinical findings in 100 neuropsychiatric patients ...

Publication date: 01 July 1949

1. By means of the twin family method and up to the end of 1947, a representative sample of 1,602 twin index cases over 6o years of age was collected from both the general and institutionalized populations of the state of New York, in order to study the ...

Publication date: 01 July 1949

1. Evaluation of a psychiatric screening test, Cornell Word Form-1, was carried out in terms of the criterion: clinically evident psychiatric illness. 2. At the more effective scoring level recommended (5, or more, significant responses), 53% of 337 known ...

Publication date: 01 July 1949

Two groups of mothers of behavior problem children have been meeting for group therapy in public schools. The method of group therapy used approximates those described by Slavson and Amster(11, 4). The J group is composed of 8 members of whom 6 are very ...

Publication date: 01 July 1949

Psychiatry has been challenged to contribute to a solution for pressing social problems. The direction of this contribution can be made through the field of education. The medical school provides a good laboratory for the study of the learning process ...

Publication date: 01 July 1949

In this paper, a descriptive and verbatim report has been offered of methods employed and results obtained in the teaching of dynamic psychological concepts to medical students. In the preparation of autobiographical illustrations of personal conflict and ...

Publication date: 01 July 1949

Prefrontal lobotomy is a valuable method in the treatment of certain abnormal mental states when other more conservative modes of treatment have failed to give permanent relief. It holds out hope for many patients who, without the operation, would be ...

Publication date: 01 July 1949

Publication date: 01 July 1949

Publication date: 01 July 1949

Publication date: 01 July 1949

Publication date: 01 July 1949

Publication date: 01 July 1949

Publication date: 01 July 1949

Publication date: 01 July 1949