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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 108
  • Number 2
  • August 1951

Article

Publication date: 01 August 1951

Pages91–97

This paper describes the utilization of 2 psychological tests (Revised Beta Examination and Multiple Choice Rorschach) in the prediction of successful psychiatric aides. Psychiatric aides, 113 in number, were first classified into good and poor employees. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.91

Publication date: 01 August 1951

Pages98–102

A technique for the more rapid and effective conversion of passivity into normal self-assertion has been presented. Where carefully followed out, it has proved successful in a satisfactory percentage of cases.

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.98

Publication date: 01 August 1951

Pages107–112

The effect of repeated administrations of 32 mgms. of atropine sulfate to 183 unselected mentally ill patients has been studied. There was one death in this series. One hundred and fifty-four of these cases have been statistically analysed. Five to six ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.107

Publication date: 01 August 1951

Pages113–119

Some observations upon Negro psychiatric patients have been recorded. These observations were made clinically during personal interviews for psychotherapeutic purposes, and were done in the setting of the military service, a VA hospital, and a children's ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.113

Publication date: 01 August 1951

Pages120–122

Feelings of inferiority generally stem from warping and impairment of the emotional development, which result from various abuses in the rearing of children. The feeling of inferiority, which may or may not be fully conscious, is reacted against in a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.120

Publication date: 01 August 1951

Pages126–131

The parts played by stimulation, support, and reality testing in the corrective emotional experience that constitutes the essence of psychotherapy are discussed and illustrated by 2 examples from group psychotherapy, which could not have occurred in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.126

Publication date: 01 August 1951

Pages132–137

1. In 1943 at United States primary naval training stations many cadets (perhaps about half) showed symptoms and signs of restlessness, insomnia, fatigue, and apprehension. Questionnaires filled out by 3,181 cadets at 5 preflight schools in their ninth ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.132

Publication date: 01 August 1951

Pages138–142

The differential diagnosis between a psychotic reaction and a psychotic reaction and mental deficiency is important because of implications regarding prognosis, treatment, and compensation benefits. In 21 patients who had been given the diagnosis of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.2.138

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