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American Journal of Psychiatry

  • Volume 110
  • Number 8
  • February 1954

Article

Publication date: 01 February 1954

Pages561–566

1. This report on schizophrenia is a first step in building up a control group of the results of hospital psychiatric treatment. First shown are 393 consecutive schizophrenia patients admitted in 1925-34 before the coming of any shock treatments. 2. A ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.8.561

Publication date: 01 February 1954

Pages567–575

The field of group psychotherapy has been reviewed with the intention of clarifying its purposes, methods, and mechanisms. We cannot expect consensus at a time when group psychotherapy is still rapidly expanding and no objective integrative concept has ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.8.567

Publication date: 01 February 1954

Pages585–588

1. No difference was observed in speed of reaction when a group of patients with schizophrenic illnesses was compared to a control group. 2. Previously reported differential responsiveness of patients and controls to variation in length of preparatory ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.8.585

Publication date: 01 February 1954

Pages589–593

1.Attention is called to the phenomenon of sexual fetishisms as one in which the problem of deviated sexual aim is defined, in its stimulus aspect, with exceptional sharpness. 2. A case history is presented illustrating (a) onset in childhood; (b) highly ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.8.589

Publication date: 01 February 1954

Pages594–598

Dynamically, health is the phase of the life process characterized by relatively efficient and stable homeostatic balance of vital forces. It consists of a minimum of maladjustment within the individual and in his relation to society and physical ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.8.594

Publication date: 01 February 1954

Pages609–613

Little reference has been made in this report to psychiatric treatment. It is believed that the function of the psychiatrist lies chiefly in his availability for consultation and collaboration with surgical and nursing personnel; rarely is direct ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.8.609

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