American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 109
- Number 1
- July 1952
Article
Publication date: 01 July 1952
Pages22–261. A case of psychosis developing during 3 courses of ECT for relief of intractable pain is described. 2. The patient's attitude toward her pain could be correlated with other alterations of behavior as disorientation, paraphasic language, and changes in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.1.22Publication date: 01 July 1952
Pages27–31The immediate effects of ECS on the carotid blood flow, arterial pressure, and cardiac rate were recorded in experiments on a series of 16 unanesthetized dogs. The shock stimulus in terms of milliamperage, voltage, and duration of the electrical current ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.1.27Publication date: 01 July 1952
Pages32–34This paper reports the summary of 2 years' use of electroshock treatment with the Reiter electro-stimulator at the Brattleboro Retreat, where electric shock had not previously been used. Number of patients treated was 249, of whom 161 or 65% were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.1.32Publication date: 01 July 1952
Pages35–37A survey of the literature as well as of our case material indicates that peptic ulcer is common among psychotic patients, the incidence in hospital populations of mental and general hospitals being within comparable statistical range or perhaps of higher ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.1.35Publication date: 01 July 1952
Pages38–39From this study of 140 cases, it is concluded that d-N- Methylamphetamine Hydrochloride or methedrine, when used in psychoneurotic illnesses, particularly in chronic anxiety states, neurodermatitis, and the acute posttraumatic anxieties, produces an ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.1.38Publication date: 01 July 1952
Pages46–51The following findings were characteristic of the group we have been studying as illustrating the problem of nostopathy in the returning veteran. The adjustment in the premilitary life was not free from neurotic episodes but they did not lead to disabling ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.1.46Publication date: 01 July 1952
Pages52–551. During the past 10 years there has been a marked increase in the number of psychiatrists in group medical clinics, the number of such clinics having psychiatrists having doubled since 1946. 2. Although there is reluctance on the part of many clinics to ...
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