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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 109
  • Number 11
  • May 1953

Article

Publication date: 01 May 1953

Pages808–816-5

The objectives of this survey were the study of the brain changes following lobotomy and the influence of infection, toxins, systemic disease, etc., on the course of healing of the wound. The findings in the cases of long and short survival are compared ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.11.808

Publication date: 01 May 1953

Pages823–831

Reactions to music of 3 autistic children, 2 of them identical twins, were studied. There is considerable evidence that unique musical reactions constitute a general finding in autistic children. Investigations on 3 autistic children indicate that musical ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.11.823

Publication date: 01 May 1953

Pages832–839

The data presented above are offered as indications of trends and possibilities in relating EEG types and personality traits. Since the total series comprises records from only 100 cases, it must be confirmed, if possible, by larger (and more well-defined)...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.11.832

Publication date: 01 May 1953

Pages840–848

Electroencephalographic, hormonal, and psychiatric investigations of a small number of subjects with and without premenstrual tension have revealed the following :(1) no indication that the behavioral manifestations of premenstrual tension reflect ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.11.840

Publication date: 01 May 1953

Pages853–855

1. Methamphetamine hydrochloride, a sympathomimetic drug and a central stimulant, is described as a facilitating agent and adjuvant to psychotherapy. 2. The brief literature is reviewed and the physiological and psychological effects are described, both ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.11.853

Publication date: 01 May 1953

Pages858–860

Group differences between psychotics and normals, males and females, were found in 40 subjects in one area of heart action. "Pleasant" word stimuli distinguished the psychotics, whereas a startle stimulus distinguished the sexes.

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.11.858

Publication date: 01 May 1953

Page866

U 500 insulin did not induce therapeutic comas more readily than other conventional concentrations of insulin. The time required for the development of the therapeutic coma was not altered by the use of U 500. Delayed insulin reactions were not more ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.11.866

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