American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 108
- Number 11
- May 1952
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1952
Pages817–8241. As suggested by previous lobotomy studies, the grouping of patients by basic reaction types of emotional disturbance, graded according to severity, reveals a consistent and marked correlation between level of illness and the degree and rate of clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.11.817Publication date: 01 May 1952
Pages825–828A method for overcoming the resistance presented by a thick and tough orbital plate in the performance of transorbital lobotomy is described. Its use in 70 cases has demonstrated its value.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.11.825Publication date: 01 May 1952
Pages835–838A single electroconvulsive treatment with the Reiter Electrostimulator was found to have no significant effect on the Wechsler- Bellevue IQs of patients examined following this treatment. Treatment did result in poor orientation with respect to time and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.11.835Publication date: 01 May 1952
Pages839–8411. Three cases of hyperthyroidism occurring in the course of or after ECT for unrelated psychoses were described. 2. This occurred in a fraction of 1% of controlled cases. 3. It is believed that individuals unable to manufacture their own cortisone are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.11.839Publication date: 01 May 1952
Pages842–846Succinyl-choline-iodide has been used to produce muscular relaxation in 136 patients in connection with 512 electroshock treatments. A method is described in which the preparation is administered intravenously in a mixture with a rapidly acting ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.11.842Publication date: 01 May 1952
Pages847–8551. A simple method for electrical recording from the caudate nucleus and thalamus in the rabbit was described. 2. The control tracings from the limbic cortex, motor cortex, caudate nucleus and thalamus consisted of aperiodic waves with a frequency of 5-7 ...
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