American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 111
- Number 1
- July 1954
Article
Publication date: 01 July 1954
Pages22–321. Favorable results with transorbital leucotomy approximate those with lobotomy. 2. Death, undesirable personality changes, and postoperative convulsions were minimal with transorbital leucotomy in contrast with lobotomy. 3. Psychosurgery should be of a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.1.22Publication date: 01 July 1954
Pages33–36On the basis of 114 cases treated during one year at a Naval Hospital, various aspects of the problem of abortive suicide attempts have been studied. It was found that the majority are histrionic, aggressive demonstrations, but that this behavior may be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.1.33Publication date: 01 July 1954
Pages37–40Data were collected with a medical questionnaire, the Cornell Medical Index-Health Questionnaire, from men undergoing preinduction examination. Analyses of these data suggest that the Health Questionnaire is a suitable instrument for identifying many of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.1.37Publication date: 01 July 1954
Pages41–42Two cases of psychoses complicating porphyria are reported. Electroshock was effective in both cases in producing an immediate remission of the mental symptoms whenever they reoccurred.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.1.41Publication date: 01 July 1954
Pages46–51In a study of time from the psychological viewpoint the development, personal variation, psychodynamics, and psychopathology of the sense of time are considered. On the basis of the evidence presented the suggestion is made that a normal sense of time ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.1.46Publication date: 01 July 1954
Pages52–54Permissiveness is one of the basic therapeutic attitudes in mental hospital treatment and administration. It is essential especially for the sickest patients, who need the experience of truly permissive relationships in order to feel some degree of safety ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.1.52Past Issues
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