American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 115
- Number 11
- May 1959
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1959
Pages961–968A group of psychiatric outpatients received either individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy or minimal therapy for about 6 months. After 6 months the treatment experiences of the patients became increasingly varied. Patients were rated with respect ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.11.961CONTROL OF BEHAVIOR AS A CRUCIAL FACTOR IN INTENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT IN AN ALL ADOLESCENT WARD
Publication date: 01 May 1959
Pages969–973It is not only difficult but would be impossible to meet the challenge presented by these youngsters if we were not able to enjoy a genuine and mutually supportive interest in working with them. This program has been developed as a highly cooperative, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.11.969Publication date: 01 May 1959
Pages974–979Any hospital interested in planning a psychiatric unit could obtain from the administration of any one of these hospitals or the chief of psychiatry, complete information which could be used to reassure the hospital medical staff and lay board. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.11.974Publication date: 01 May 1959
Pages980–984An emergency psychiatric clinic has been established at the Bronx Muncipal Hospital in which patients are seen on a 24-hour basis and which offers immediate treatment as well as referral. The objective of this clinic has been to reduce the barriers ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.11.980Publication date: 01 May 1959
Pages985–991We have studied the effects of repetition on certain aspects of the behaviour of the individual, notably his attitudes, interpersonal relations and his self concept. We have also studied the effects of repetition on ear temperature levels. With respect to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.11.985Publication date: 01 May 1959
Pages997–1001Fifteen case histories of patients suffering from anorexia nervosa have been discussed, together with diagnosis, symptoms and treatment. Treatment involves psychotherapy, tube-feeding, insulin or electroshock therapy, but also involvement in hospital ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.11.997Publication date: 01 May 1959
Pages1011–1016Marsilid (iproniazid), so far, is the only drug with powerful anti-depressive properties. Twenty-five out of 32 patients derived benefit from the drug. It is helpful [See TABLE-1 in source PDF] in depressive syndromes in which somatization and retardation ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.11.1011Publication date: 01 May 1959
Pages1017–1020A small number of fathers, mothers, and their schizophrenic children have been studied as a group and treated in family psychotherapy for periods up to 2½ years. The view of the family as a single organism provides a broader, more distant perspective than ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.11.1017Publication date: 01 May 1959
Pages1021–1024Several points should be made with regard to the effectiveness of the agency. 1. It has been our experience that a number of problems which appear initially in the guise of legal problems can be resolved by such an approach. Further, this technique has ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.11.1021Publication date: 01 May 1959
Pages1025–1026Cycloserine appears to be a psychopharmacological agent in that 1. It reverses depressions to normal or hyperactive mood and at the same time causes subtle changes in behavior; 2. It may aggravate mental disorders; and 3. It seems to potentiate Marsilid. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.11.1025Publication date: 01 May 1959
Pages1032–1033In the management of 100 hospitalized and 50 nonhospitalized emotionally disturbed patients, proclorperazine (Compazine) was judged from clinical experience to be somewhere between chlorpromazine and meprobamate in effectiveness. In some cases the degree ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.11.1032Publication date: 01 May 1959
Pages1034–1035The routine use of the electrocardiogram on admission of patients to a large neuropsychiatric hospital has been found to be of considerable value. It has demonstrated a large number of patients (16.6%) to have significant electrocardiographic ...
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