American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 109
- Number 12
- June 1953
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1953
Pages881–888Dormison is a drug of a new type that, when used as a hypnotic, is highly efficient and relatively nontoxic and noncumulative. It is the hypnotic of choice in elderly, senile, and arteriosclerotic patients and it has definite advantages over other ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.12.881Publication date: 01 June 1953
Pages889–894The use of amobarbital sodium (amytal sodium R) as a diagnostic test for brain disease is described. In 57 of 88 patients with proven brain disease, who on clinical examination showed no disturbances in behavior, the intravenous administration of the drug ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.12.889Publication date: 01 June 1953
Pages895–898Succinyl choline dichloride i.v. is a useful drug to produce muscular relaxation in patients receiving ECT who would otherwise be poor risks because of susceptibility to fractures and pre-existing fractures. It has also proved of value in treating ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.12.895Publication date: 01 June 1953
Pages916–921This study is essentially an attempt to elaborate on a method of giving reassurance and emotional support to aged people. The method is based on clinical data organized in terms of observed adaptational efforts of aged persons. Our results are promising. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.12.916Publication date: 01 June 1953
Pages922–928The MMPI is widely accepted as the best of the questionnaire-type personality tests. It is simple to administer and score, conservative of the clinician's time, well accepted by patients, and provides an extensive anamnesis and a graphic indication of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.12.922Publication date: 01 June 1953
Pages929–935Frontal bone hyperostosis in psychoses was observed in 9 women. Certain laboratory changes, especially in blood cholesterol content and blood sugar tolerance, were noted. Obesity was not observed as a characteristic feature. Five cases began with ...
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