American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 110
- Number 5
- November 1953
Article
Publication date: 01 November 1953
Pages334–341A new psychiatric research rating scale for use by hospital psychiatrists in expressing quantitatively the severity of a patient's incapacitation due to psychotic symptoms is presented. Criteria for designing such a scale are briefly discussed. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.5.334Publication date: 01 November 1953
Pages342–346When a group therapy program is instituted on a psychiatric service with patients who have in the past predominantly translated their emotional conflicts into antisocial behavior, the occasions may become "gripe" meetings rather than "group" meetings. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.5.342Publication date: 01 November 1953
Pages347–3531. A clinical study was made of 5 soldiers who experienced psychotic depressive reactions after shooting and killing their buddies. 2. These patients showed many distortions in their basic character makeup which in most of the cases could be classified as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.5.347Publication date: 01 November 1953
Pages354–357l. A review has been made of the pertinent literature on immediate deaths following ECT. 2. Two cases of acute fatal coronary thrombosis following treatment are reported. Possible mechanisms and prophylactic measures are discussed.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.5.354Publication date: 01 November 1953
Pages366–369Repeated and systematic electroencephalographic examinations in a case of atabrine psychosis showed a marked slowing down and disorganization of the electrical activity of the brain. Clinical improvement was accompanied by a progressive return to normal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.5.366Publication date: 01 November 1953
Pages377–3801. A case is reported of a man who had schizophrenic reactions at 37, 41, and 43, and who recovered from each one sufficiently to do complex business and technical work without evidence of disintegration of his personality. 2. His prepsychotic personality ...
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