American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 106
- Number 8
- February 1950
Article
Publication date: 01 February 1950
Pages561–572This is a report of a study in progress on thyroid function in patients with mental disease, and in controls, as measured by the uptake of the radioactive isotope of iodine, I131 by the thyroid gland, and compared with serum protein-bound iodine, basal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.8.561Publication date: 01 February 1950
Pages573–5861. A Personal Inventory Test was given to 108 psychiatric aides and biosocial histories were obtained at the time of their employment. The test was not used at that time as a screening device, but 2 years later the fate of the 108 men was reviewed and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.8.573Publication date: 01 February 1950
Pages594–598We have been, for some time, perturbed by the extraordinary looseness with which the term "psychosis with psychopathic personality" seems to be applied. A study of written opinions solicited from a number of colleagues when contrasted with a number of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.8.594Publication date: 01 February 1950
Pages606–615The life and psychotherapeutic course of a 57-year-old depressed artist are presented in combination with a random, representative selection of her sculptures. The characteristics of the plastic productions appear to reflect closely the personality ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.8.606Publication date: 01 February 1950
Pages616–620The present methods of managing the problems of the aged have proved unsatisfactory and inadequate. Common humanity demands the formulation of some program of care that permits the elderly to maintain dignity, self-respect, and a sense of worth as well as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.8.616Publication date: 01 February 1950
Pages624–6281. From a general standpoint it is clear that the widespread interest in psychiatric medical education among Negroes has been alive only 10 years. 2. The psychiatric information dispensed at the medical school level, though not up to the 370-hour level as ...
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