American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 112
- Number 3
- September 1955
Article
Publication date: 01 September 1955
Pages161–1691. Long-span observations of 2 samples of schizophrenic patients, 20 years apart, in a setting of comparative uniformity disclose duplication of hospital separations since 1940. 2. Modern clinical management accounts for this significant improvement. 3. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.3.161Publication date: 01 September 1955
Pages170–1781. Thyroid activity has been studied by measurement of 24 hours' fractional uptake of tracer dose of I131 in 31 schizophrenics and 35 normal subjects. 2. Following T.S.H. (10 mg.) intramuscular injection, there has been shown to exist a highly significant ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.3.170Publication date: 01 September 1955
Pages179–1851. The hypothesis that social mobility is related to psychoneurosis and schizophrenia was tested as part of a large study on social class and psychiatric disorders in the metropolitan New Haven community. 2. Methods in studying the social mobility of 25 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.3.179Publication date: 01 September 1955
Pages186–189Seventeen educational criteria were examined to see if they differentiated between psychiatric aides whose job adjustments were rated as satisfactory, as opposed to those whose job adjustments were unsatisfactory or partially satisfactory, and those whose ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.3.186Publication date: 01 September 1955
Pages190–193Two cases are presented to illustrate the importance of emotional and psychological factors in epilepsy. Attention is directed to the personality changes that arise as a reaction to seizures. It is noted that emotional stress may act as a precipitant to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.3.190Publication date: 01 September 1955
Pages199–2051. A control mental health workshop was set up in a public school system. A volunteer group of teachers and the administrative group of principals, assistant principals and heads of departments were separately exposed to 15-week 1 ½hour seminars on mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.112.3.199