American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 106
- Number 12
- June 1950
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1950
Pages889–901(1) Individuals vary in their autonomic patterns. Seven patterns are described. Eighty percent of the controls not under stress fall into 2 autonomic groups that contain only 19% of the mentally ill. These [see Fig. 18. in Source PDF] FIG. 18.—Clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.12.889Publication date: 01 June 1950
Pages902–9101. The rationale for using electroshock therapy is established on a solid, uncontradictable footing today, attested to by published reports, and now supplementary informal reports of many hundreds of psychiatrists who have treated many thousands of cases ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.12.902Publication date: 01 June 1950
Pages911–917In order to overcome the multiple insults to cardio-respiratory equilibrium incident to the convulsion, therapeutic measures should be directed to early oxygenation of the alveoli and the maintenance of central and peripheral circulator mechanisms to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.12.911Publication date: 01 June 1950
Pages918–9261. Insulin shock therapy was found to be effective in the treatment of 182 cases of schizophrenia in the following terms : discharged from the hospital, 34.1% ; remained discharged after a period of 21 to 75. months, 19.8% ; and full social recovery (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.12.918Publication date: 01 June 1950
Pages929–9341. Four clinical methods for rapid psychiatric evaluation and measurement of anxiety have been presented. 2. These methods investigate the effects of anxiety upon visuo-motor control, self-concept, level of aspiration, and body-image. 3. Typical results ...
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