American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 114
- Number 4
- October 1957
Article
Publication date: 01 October 1957
Pages306–308Consideration is given to the problems raised by the unlocking of the chronic wards in mental hospitals. The deteriorated schizophrenic, who has spent many years in the hospital, provides most of the difficulties. Attempts to employ this type of patient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.4.306Publication date: 01 October 1957
Pages309–317The physiological and psychological changes throughout the day subsequent to the administration of Lysergic Acid Diethyl-amide were recorded and analyses made of their interrelations. The Harvard Polygraph was used to simultaneously and continuously ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.4.309Publication date: 01 October 1957
Pages318–3271. There were 3,014 cases admitted to treatment with chlorpromazine in doses of 200 to 400 mgm. daily during an 18-month period beginning January, 1955. 2. Response to treatment was best in agitated states of most mental disease categories. It was poorest ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.4.318Publication date: 01 October 1957
Pages328–3321. Sodium succinate was found to have a definite antidotal effect on the mescaline psychosis in each of 12 subjects. 2. The effect varied greatly in different subjects. Moreover, the effect was rather transient and there was little shortening of the total ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.4.328Publication date: 01 October 1957
Pages333–337The effect of reserpine on the behaviour of chronic psychotic patients has been investigated by means of a controlled, and an uncontrolled study. The results indicate that it is only of limited value in the treatment of such patients. The extremely ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.4.333Publication date: 01 October 1957
Pages338–343From a study of the literature and of the cases suffering from epilepsy which later developed chronic psychoses with delusions, no evidence was found to support either of the hypotheses implicit in earlier writings: that schizophrenia occurs more, or less,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.4.338Publication date: 01 October 1957
Pages344–350For five months a staff group of psychiatrist, social worker, nurse and vocational counsellor worked closely with a group of 72 male patients, about 75% of whom had been hospitalized more than 5 years but who were currently able to maintain, with little ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.4.344Publication date: 01 October 1957
Pages351–356This study is concerned with the effectiveness of ECT as an adjunct to the psychotherapeutic treatment of 200 patients. It is found that effectiveness depends both on diagnostic entity and psychopathologic state. Thus, affective disorders responded best ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.4.351Publication date: 01 October 1957
Pages357–363Sensory deprivation has been produced experimentally by reducing the absolute intensity of stimuli, by reducing the patterning of stimuli, and by imposing a structuring of stimuli. Explorers have experienced it voluntarily and prisoners have had it thrust ...
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