American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 115
- Number 5
- November 1958
Article
Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages385–391A 30-year follow-up study of 526 children seen in a child guidance clinic shows that of the 284 so far interviewed, 10% were diagnosed in adult life as schizophrenic and 20% were diagnosed as no disease. The childhood histories and adult adjustment of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.385Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages392–401The problem of homosexuality in the Armed Forces is briefly discussed. A critique of the present approach to the problem is offered. In the light of observations made in a controlled clinical study, and a review of four years' experience with 458 cases, a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.392Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages402–4091. Chemotherapeutic remission of melancholia can now be accomplished, in a majority of cases, without resort to ECT, by carefully supervised administration of Marsilid, Roche iproniazid (1-isonicotinyl, 2-isopropylhydrazine phosphate). 2. However, until ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.402Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages414–421A case report of a "transference cure" is presented in which the mechanisms productive of change were obtained from the patient external to the therapeutic situation. Essentially the patient produced material indicating his analysis of a transference ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.414Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages422–428Intellectual functioning of children diagnosed as schizophrenic is systematically reviewed. According to the reports in the literature, over 50% of these children could be classified as having borderline or subnormal intelligence by conventional criteria. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.422Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages429–431In summary, I think we should make a break with the facile generalizations that seem to simplify but really complicate and distort our work. There is no single entity of mental retardation: there are a great variety of factors, medical, psychological and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.429Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages432–442Knowledge of the frequency of parental deprivation during childhood has hitherto been seriously handicapped by 1. Comparisons between unlike samples, 2. Unrepresentative samples due to selection, 3. Chance errors in sampling, 4. Fallacies in deduction. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.432Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages443–448The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effect upon behavior of withdrawing chlorpromazine treatment after it had been established as the preferred treatment routine. Four groups of patients, each containing 28 chronic schizophrenics ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.443Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages449–451Results of this and other studies employing objective test measurements suggest that widely observed even radical alterations in behavior are not usually accompanied by commensurate changes in the psychological test performance. The dilemma faced by those ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.449Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages452–4541. Experience with a new " tranquilizer", Trilafon or perphenazine, in treating 90 chronically psychotic hospitalized female patients for a limited period is described. 2. The effects were noted during the period of active administration of the drug and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.452Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages455–458A somatic therapy for the treatment of selected cases of mental illness is described. Coma is produced by the administration of massive doses of atropine and terminated by physostigmine. Increased accessibility, better contact with reality, and more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.455Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages459–464Over a three-year period, more than 500 psychiatric patients of various diagnostic categories were treated with imipramine hydrochloride. It was demonstrated that the compound has potent antidepressant action. Best responses were obtained in cases of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.459Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages466–467We have attempted to demonstrate a possible approach to the evaluation of drugs by using patients as their own control. This avoids the obvious error inherent in considering a diagnostic category as representing a uniform population group. We have ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.5.466Publication date: 01 November 1958
Pages469-a–4701. Glutethimide may become an addicting drug when used by patients with a history of addiction. 2. Signs and symptoms of an acute organic brain syndrome may be produced in a patient intoxicated by glutethimide. 3. Such symptoms are reversible. 4. In order ...
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