American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 108
- Number 10
- April 1952
Article
Publication date: 01 April 1952
Pages735–739All of the 141 patients admitted in 1921 to Westborough State Hospital soon after study at the Boston Psychopathic Hospital were investigated 30 years later. Only 7% of the group could not be traced. The study included age, diagnoses, time spent in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.10.735Publication date: 01 April 1952
Pages740–748This inquiry is an attempt(1) to obtain experimental evidence concerning the nature of eidetic imagery in alcoholic subjects with histories of visual hallucinations, and (2) to determine the relationship between eidetic and hallucinatory phenomena. A ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.10.740Publication date: 01 April 1952
Pages749–754In this report we have discussed a part-time hospitalization program in a small private mental hospital. Administratively, the Day or Night Plan, used by a small and selected number of psychotic and neurotic patients, did not pose any special problem. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.10.749Publication date: 01 April 1952
Pages758–7631. A case of acute delirious mania (Bell's mania) is described. 2. It is regarded as an affective reaction with greater affinity to the fulminating agitated depressive state than to the manic phase of manic-depressive psychosis. 3. The underlying physio-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.10.758Publication date: 01 April 1952
Pages771–778Successful treatment of patients in groups requires consideration of the needs of the individual patients as well as the group as a whole. Understanding of these needs may be aided by the identification and study of behavior patterns shown by patients in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.10.771Publication date: 01 April 1952
Pages779–7841. One can conclude from such a study that great care in interviewing individuals should be taken. Individuals from unstable backgrounds, i.e., alcoholic families, split families, religious conflicts, or orphans, should be interviewed with care. There is ...
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