American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 106
- Number 9
- March 1950
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1950
Pages651–6591. Six indices of adrenal cortical activation have been compared in groups of normal male subjects and schizophrenic male patients when they were subjected to a variety of stresses. The indices are changes in output of urinary sodium, potassium, uric acid,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.9.651Publication date: 01 March 1950
Pages660–667A series of studies have been carried out in schizophrenic patients and normal controls that indicate that (1) there is a reduction of tolerance to glucose in this psychosis; (2) the response of the adrenal cortex to stimulation by the ingestion of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.9.660Publication date: 01 March 1950
Pages668–672The use of a cumulative index of adrenal cortical activity has been described. This has been applied to the estimation of adrenocortical activity after (1) small doses of ACTH in anxiety states, (2) injection of saline and venipuncture, (3) controlled ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.9.668Publication date: 01 March 1950
Pages673–679We have attempted, albeit in a somewhat circuitous fashion, to point up the kinds of experiences in the conduct of research that have led us to a critical reexamination of our concepts and experimental design in the field of psychosomatic relationships. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.9.673Publication date: 01 March 1950
Pages680–685The term "rehabilitation" is a working definition of the psychosomatic concept. In order to carry out this Gestalt type of thinking, the emphasis of therapy must be changed from aggregation to integration of diagnostic, planning, and treatment services, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.9.680Publication date: 01 March 1950
Pages686–691Mescaline produces altered visual experiences of several types, whose vividness and degree of distortion is proportionate to the size of the dose. There are no sharp boundaries dividing abnormal sensibility, illusions, and hallucinations. Subjects who ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.106.9.686Publication date: 01 March 1950
Pages697–702Theoretically and experimentally the vital role played in cellular metabolism by the cytochromes as respiratory tissue enzymes is recognized and appreciated(14). This apparently also applies to tissue activity in the nervous system, particularly during ...
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