American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 113
- Number 10
- April 1957
Article
Publication date: 01 April 1957
Pages877–886Three thousand lobotomy patients have been compared in 3 different categories: (1) Prefrontal lobotomy versus transorbital lobotomy; (2) private patients versus state hospital patients; (3) according to personality reaction type, schizophrenic, affective ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.10.877Publication date: 01 April 1957
Pages887–892Harmine, Win-2299, and Nalline in single dosage produce many new mental effects in schizophrenics grossly similar to those elicited by mescaline and LSD. Many of the same effects are reported in normals after harmine and Nalline (other workers). unlike ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.10.887Publication date: 01 April 1957
Pages893–900A method is described whereby hyaluronidase may be administered intrathecally in the aged by means of the lumbar route. The following findings are recorded: (1) The occurrence of a fleeting meningeal response; (2) a tendency to lower the blood brain ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.10.893Publication date: 01 April 1957
Pages901–910Psychotherapeutic relationships between 18 physicians and 109 schizophrenic patients were compared and contrasted when insulin was combined with psychotherapy and when psychotherapy was used alone, in relation to the outcome of treatment. The patients are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.10.901Publication date: 01 April 1957
Pages917–923Many jokes are identical in structure with the thinking errors of the psychotic, a fact of biological significance. The function of play is best seen in the animal young. The kitten plays by stalking the tail of its litter mate and pouncing on it. Play ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.10.917