American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 107
- Number 9
- March 1951
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1951
Pages667–676The major findings of this study reinforce the hypothesis that failure to get along in our society is chiefly due to behavior disorder and thus is primarily a problem requiring individual rather than social therapy. In comparing patients of the Tewksbury ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.9.667Publication date: 01 March 1951
Pages677–683The purpose of this article has been three-fold: (1) to call attention to the deplorable situation regarding the reluctance of most psychiatrists to diagnose paranoic disorder where such a diagnosis is clearly indicated; (2) to affirm that the confusion ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.9.677Publication date: 01 March 1951
Pages684–688The psychiatrist in his approach to the problem of crime finds ample opportunity to examine and evaluate offenders. The possibility of obtaining first hand information from and pertinent to the plaintiff is circumscribed by the "rules." A witness is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.9.684Publication date: 01 March 1951
Pages689–694Delirium is a psychosis characterized (always) by disorientation, and (commonly) by restlessness, dullness, fear, hallucinations, and other mental symptoms. It is often, but not always, due to toxemia, clearing up when the toxemia has been corrected. It ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.9.689Publication date: 01 March 1951
Pages701–7051. The minute-to-minute effectiveness of the individual is maintained in part by mechanisms that inhibit potentially disruptive behavior. 2. The term inhibition has been used as being much broader than suppression and repression, and as showing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.107.9.701