American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 109
- Number 10
- April 1953
Article
Publication date: 01 April 1953
Pages721–728From these reflections it appears that memory is a basic attribute of all living things, by which patterns of sensitivity and response, both inborn and acquired, are retained and progressively modified under the impact of experience. Memory is thus ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.10.721Publication date: 01 April 1953
Pages729–734The relationship between social level and psychiatric disorders has been explored by a a demographic study of patients (i. e., patients in professional contact with psychiatrists) in metropolitan New Haven, and by a background study of the stratification ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.10.729Publication date: 01 April 1953
Pages735–7401. Six elderly depressed patients with severe osteoporosis of the spine and other physical disabilities were treated by electric convulsive therapy during complete curarization. The method of complete curarization allowed the administration of electric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.10.735Publication date: 01 April 1953
Pages741–748A method is discussed for producing convulsive and subconvulsive treatment by means of intermittent photic stimulation following preliminary administration of a convulsant drug. The results of varying such factors as amount of drug, speed of injection, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.10.741Publication date: 01 April 1953
Pages749–756The authors have treated over 200 patients with electroconvulsive therapy modified by Sodium Pentothal anesthesia and curarization with Syncurine or Flaxedil or both. Sodium Pentothal was the usual cause for the infrequently occurring cough, bronchospasm, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.10.749Publication date: 01 April 1953
Pages757–766We have investigated the numbers of circulating eosinophils in schizophrenic patients in relation to the hypoglycemia induced by the injection of insulin before, during, and after a routine course of insulin coma therapy. In the period prior to ICT, these ...
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