American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 108
- Number 1
- July 1951
Article
Publication date: 01 July 1951
Pages10–18Previous reports in the literature have crystallized quite well the results effected by frontal lobotomy in the treatment of the major psychoses. Our present investigation, which deals particularly with dementia præcox, gives further support to previous ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.1.10Publication date: 01 July 1951
Pages19–22The presence of psychiatric symptoms in patients with intracranial neoplasms often increases the difficulty of recognizing the true nature of the patient's trouble. Such symptoms are frequently associated with brain tumors. A review of the records of 128 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.1.19Publication date: 01 July 1951
Pages27–36Judging from a study of 379 sanitarium patients with follow-up information on 114, the previously reported effectiveness of convulsive therapy in involutional psychoses, especially in depressions, is reaffirmed, as is the low incidence of complications ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.1.27Publication date: 01 July 1951
Pages37–41This study of failures in psychotherapy indicates that successful treatment of the psychoneuroses necessitates a consideration of the following points. (1)Motivation.—An adequate understanding of the individual's motivation incoming into treatment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.1.37Publication date: 01 July 1951
Pages44–45A case of acute pulmonary complication to insulin therapy is described. The mechanism of its occurrence, as well as its treatment, is discussed.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.1.44Publication date: 01 July 1951
Pages46–491. In this series of schizophrenic patients there was no consistent group change in weight prior to the 6th month after lobotomy. 2. At the 6th postoperative month the patients as a group showed a small but significant weight increase. This arose ...
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