American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 111
- Number 11
- May 1955
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1955
Pages810–817A tentative classification of transactions of living organisms with the environment is presented. The classification is based on the complexity with which spatial and temporal factors are dealt with, particularly with respect to anticipatory behavior, by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.11.810Publication date: 01 May 1955
Pages818–825The interaction between areas of the cerebral cortex of the cat have been studied by recording the electrical responses of one area following stimulation of another area by single and repetitive shocks. The cortex is stimulated at different depths, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.11.818Publication date: 01 May 1955
Pages832–8361. The pharmacology of a new antidepressant drug, Meratran, is reviewed briefly. 2. Clinical trial in 320 cases disclosed that the therapeutic indications of this compound are roughly similar to those of the amphetamines. 3. Reactive depressions responded ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.11.832Publication date: 01 May 1955
Pages837–840A study was conducted on 25 institutionalized psychotic patients with chronic courses, selected because of their depressive and/or regressive symptoms. Meratran was found to be a central nervous system stimulant useful in the field of psychiatry and with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.11.837Publication date: 01 May 1955
Pages841–844The Bio-motor Test can be used for: (1) diagnosis and differential diagnosis of brain disease; (2) the understanding of the psychology of convalescence or psychological changes in the course of the disease, the patient as he adjusts, succumbs to, or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.111.11.841