American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 114
- Number 9
- March 1958
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1958
Pages784–7901. With the exception of degenerative and epileptic psychoses, there exists in the literature a tendency to group together psychoses of infancy and early childhood, which may represent different illness processes, or to differentiate between them in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.9.784Publication date: 01 March 1958
Pages810–815From my experience I have concluded that homosexuals can be treated more effectively by group psychotherapy when they are started in groups made up exclusively of homosexuals. In such groups the rationalization that homosexuality is a pattern of life they ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.9.810Publication date: 01 March 1958
Pages816–823We began by describing prejudice as a minor psychological symptom, an expression of blurred perceptions and unclear thinking. We mentioned its principal origin in fear and its frequent support by a need to reduce guilt through projecting blame onto ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.9.816Publication date: 01 March 1958
Pages824–834The therapeutic community concept is only one of many new approaches to the problem of the mentally ill. But it is a hopeful method, and one that can lead, I believe, to the improvement of our mental hospitals. How much its success depends upon the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.9.824Publication date: 01 March 1958
Pages839–840Our 2 year follow-up study of 50 post-lobotomy patients and the incidence of convulsions with chlorpromazine therapy reveals the following conclusions: 1. Chlorpromazine did not increase the frequency of convulsions in post-lobotomy patients who have a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.114.9.839