American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 108
- Number 6
- December 1951
Article
Publication date: 01 December 1951
Pages401–408This paper presents a summary of our experiences with a large group of cases of traumatic war neurosis during the 5-year period since the end of the war. We have made certain observations that have been hitherto unreported and that we feel have both ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.6.401Publication date: 01 December 1951
Pages409–4161. One hundred patients with schizophrenia or schizophrenic-like reactions occurring in a combat area have been investigated. 2. Follow-up data over a period of 5 to 8 years after the initial hospitalization were obtained through records, questionnaires, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.6.409Publication date: 01 December 1951
Pages417–4251. Although approximately 50% of a representative sample of enlisted men with psychoneurotic disorders during World War II had significant and clinically recognizable psychiatric difficulty prior to entering the service, the remainder were sufficiently ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.6.417Publication date: 01 December 1951
Pages426–432Thus we arrive at the conclusion that it is not possible to refer emotional reactions to a single circumscribed nucleus within the diencephalon or to its connections with the frontal lobes, but that there exists a multiple representation of this function. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.6.426Publication date: 01 December 1951
Pages433–438In a combined psychiatric-biochemical study of patients suffering from chronic alcoholism, emotions were determined by one investigator (O.D.) and biochemical studies were carried out simultaneously by the other (M.F.F.). In anxiety the biochemical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.6.433Publication date: 01 December 1951
Pages444–449Two hundred cases of transorbital lobotomy are reported with marked improvement in over one-half of cases of chronically disturbed patients. The results according to diagnosis are indicated. We urge that this type of operation be considered for all ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.6.444Publication date: 01 December 1951
Pages450–455No statistically significant differences were found in the physiological responses of chronically ill schizophrenics as compared with normal controls and nonschizophrenic patients. Moderate to severe heat was used for stress. The circulating eosinophils ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.108.6.450Publication date: 01 December 1951
Pages456–4611. The responsibility of a mental hospital does not end with sending the patient out on trial visit. The hospital also has, or should have, some responsibility for finding a proper vocational placement and supervising that placement, when the family are ...
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