American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 109
- Number 8
- February 1953
Article
Publication date: 01 February 1953
Pages561–566The problem of the classification and treatment of the chronic psychiatric patient constitutes a critical situation in all large neuropsychiatric hospitals. A group method for the rapid screening of such patients is presented. This scale is statistically ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.8.561Publication date: 01 February 1953
Pages576–583The indication of this study is that a common integrated treatment program by means of a team approach in an atmosphere of therapeutic optimism can be a potent factor in the rehabilitation of increasing numbers of the so-called chronic patient. By itself, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.8.576Publication date: 01 February 1953
Pages584–594A detailed, metabolic investigation has been conducted in 3 cases of periodic catatonia over a period of 2-3 years. Case 1, a woman whose illness dated back to 1939 and who for 3 years prior to the present study had experienced recurrent violent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.8.584Publication date: 01 February 1953
Pages595–602More than 1,000 lobotomized patients were graded according to level of achievement after convalescence had been completed, and their preoperative rating by the Malamud scale was studied in order to determine what factors were of good and bad omen. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.8.595Publication date: 01 February 1953
Pages603–6111.Significant linear correlations between somatotype and certain biochemical indices have been demonstrated. 2. In addition to linear relationships the existence of more discriminant patterns involving both sex of the subjects and morphological groupings ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.8.603Publication date: 01 February 1953
Pages612–6161. A total of 120 patients have been treated for anxiety and depression with subconvulsive electrostimulation combined with psychotherapy, with electrostimulation alone or with psychotherapy alone. 2. Less than one-fifth of the patients treated with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.8.612Publication date: 01 February 1953
Pages617–620In this study it has been demonstrated that under environmental conditions wherein opportunity for activity was available there is an improvement in the social performance of chronic schizophrenic patients treated with ECT, nonconvulsive stimulation under ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.8.617Publication date: 01 February 1953
Pages621–625We have studied fatigue curves in 65 normal subjects, 50 patients with myasthenia gravis, 25 patients with Parkinson's disease, 50 patients with miscellaneous neurological conditions such as poliomyelitis, arthritis, and dystrophy, and 40 patients who did ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.8.621Publication date: 01 February 1953
Page626Thirty-three patients who were anxious, depressed, or hysterical were treated by inhalation with a mixture of 30% carbon dioxide and 70% oxygen. These patients were followed from 6 months to 2 years. Of this group, 4 patients responded promptly and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.8.626