American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 107
- Number 10
- April 1951
Article
Publication date: 01 April 1951
Pages721–7291. A survey of patients with severe disorders of mentation indicates that we are dealing with an "organic" brain syndrome in which the failure of mentation is due to factors that interfere with the proper function of the central nervous system. We are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.10.721Publication date: 01 April 1951
Pages730–7381. Complete lobotomy causes too much blunting of the personality to warrant its further use except in severely deteriorated psychotic patients. 2. Selective cortical undercutting is presented as a new method of fractional lobotomy and offers certain ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.10.730Publication date: 01 April 1951
Pages739–7421. On the basis of material presented, it would appear that the psychiatrist in private practice may increase his therapeutic success and add materially to the general fund of medical knowledge if he takes advantage of his assets and trains himself, as an ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.10.739Publication date: 01 April 1951
Pages743–7481. Recurring manic-depressive illnesses can frequently be prevented by the technique of prophylactic electroshock. 2. Persons whose manic-depressive illnesses are very prolonged or frequently recurrent, and who do not respond adequately to electroshock, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.10.743Publication date: 01 April 1951
Pages758–7631. A study of lymphocytic and eosinophilic reaction to EST in 23 psychotic patients is presented with a proof that this is a nonspecific reaction to stress. 2. An idea is expressed that lymphocytes contribute to the increase of the immunological reaction ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.10.758Publication date: 01 April 1951
Pages764–7691. Psychiatric phenomena with respect to individual behavior under stress can be considered to lie along 4 main axes—the natural history of the process, reactions and factors at various stages of the process, and the psychodynamics of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.10.764Publication date: 01 April 1951
Pages774–780The observations made during the treatment of 120 chronic alcoholics with Antabuse are reported. Certain animal experiments are also described. 1. In large doses Antabuse is toxic to animals. Death by respiratory arrest is preceded by an ascending ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.10.774Publication date: 01 April 1951
Pages781–785The diagnosis of heart disease is an emotionally charged life situation. The anxiety engendered may tax the reserves of the diseased cardiovascular system, and influence the medical course and response to therapy, as well as the patient's personality ...
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