American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 108
- Number 5
- November 1951
Article
Publication date: 01 November 1951
Pages321–327Present psychiatric facilities in general hospitals are extremely inadequate. Only 279 of 4,761 United States general hospitals offer any kind of adequate inpatient psychiatric service. Although half of all hospital beds are now used for treatment of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.5.321Publication date: 01 November 1951
Pages328–336A report is presented on a series of 600 cases of prefrontal lobotomy done by a modification of the Lyerly technique. This series has been operated by the same surgeon and followed throughout by the same psychiatrists. The authors feel that the operation ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.5.328Publication date: 01 November 1951
Pages337–342A 64-year-old male patient became totally blind following a cerebral vascular accident; there was no paralysis. He presented a Korsakow type of psychosis and a persistent anosognosia for his blindness. Despite the presence of optic atrophy it was assumed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.5.337Publication date: 01 November 1951
Pages343–350The case reported is that of an astrocytoma of the left temporal lobe in a 19-year-old boy with epileptic seizures, the typical epileptic personality changes, and a deficiency in the semantic sphere. This case is considered as a contribution to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.5.343Publication date: 01 November 1951
Pages351–357A group therapy project for parents of behavior problem children in public schools succeeded in several varied white school districts, but failed in a colored area. Reasons for failure lay in minority tensions and status anxieties between group members ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.5.351Publication date: 01 November 1951
Pages358–363A method of teaching group dynamics by forming groups is described and some of our experience with it detailed. In evaluating the experience, the opinions of participants vary widely but most report that they have learned something and may have carried ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.5.358Publication date: 01 November 1951
Pages368–373Twenty-five women with peptic ulcers were studied from the psychosomatic point of view. All exhibited profound and overt personality disorders. The majority had been rejected by the mother and turned to the father for support. Ulcer symptoms were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.5.368Publication date: 01 November 1951
Pages374–380Experiences in teaching the Bullis course, "Human Relations in the Classroom," are cited. The background and methods are described. Attention is paid to teacher orientation and teacher attitudes as well as to over-all psychological conceptions. Analysis ...
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