American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 110
- Number 12
- June 1954
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1954
Pages881–883A series of 206 consecutive admissions of involutional psychotic reactions in 1940-46, when electric and other shock treatments were used (except in 24 where shock was contraindicated or refused) is compared to a control series of 141 consecutive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.12.881Publication date: 01 June 1954
Pages883–8851. A main purpose has been to build a "control" series of 567 consecutive manic-depressive cases under hospital treatment before the advent of shock methods (1925-34). Recovery rates are found to be 59% on discharge, 55% after one year, and 64½% after 5 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.12.883Publication date: 01 June 1954
Pages885–887There has been built up a library of large cards giving much information about all patients admitted in 10 years before the advent of shock therapies, sulpha drugs, and antibiotics. A similar set of cards covers all patients admitted for 7 years after the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.12.885Publication date: 01 June 1954
Pages888–896Our evidence indicates that there is in the center of the city an area characterized by high first mental hospital admission rates for cerebral arteriosclerotic and senile psychosis, by high first mental hospital admission rates for all the other ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.12.888Publication date: 01 June 1954
Pages897–9031. The cortical activity of persons over the age of 60 shows a definite change as measured by the EEG. A high percentage have focal dysrhythmias which are primarily found in the left temporal areas. The presence of this focal dysrhythmia alone does not ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.12.897Publication date: 01 June 1954
Pages904–910Abbreviated case histories of 6 patients with brain tumor in whom mental symptoms were the first or important manifestation are presented. In these cases, the presence of a focal lesion was indicated by EEG before this was possible by initial clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.12.904Publication date: 01 June 1954
Pages916–927This report has dealt with an investigation of the hypothesis than infantile experiences influence the behavior of an organism throughout its life. The hypothesis was tested experimentally by studying the effects of litter size during infancy upon adult ...
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