American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 115
- Number 8
- February 1959
Article
Publication date: 01 February 1959
Pages698–7051. There is great variation in support of psychiatric education and community service by medical school facilities. This ranges from superb with 17 full-time teachers, 100 to 200 beds in teaching hospitals, one-half to nearly a million dollars for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.8.698Publication date: 01 February 1959
Pages706–7141. This clinical and logical analysis of the concept of schizophrenia is drawn from a statistical work on 366 cases studied for an average of 15 years, with a catamnestic period of 5 years at least. 2. As a chronic psychosis, schizophrenia must be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.8.706Publication date: 01 February 1959
Pages715–723In his search of the literature for cases of a similar nature, Gilles de la Tourette was much impressed by reports of analogous syndromes in other cultures: "latah," "myriachit" and "jumping"(13). "The term latah conveys to the Malays a curious behavioral ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.8.715Publication date: 01 February 1959
Pages724–7331. A study of the communication of suicidal ideas by 134 consecutive suicides has been done by means of systematic interviews with family, in-laws, friends, job associates, physicians, ministers, and others a short time after the suicide. 2. Two striking ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.8.724Publication date: 01 February 1959
Pages736–737It may be implied from the data collected that tolerance formation does not occur and that the maintenance dosage is substantially smaller than the original therapeutic dosage. There is no evidence of continued toxicity and those patients treated ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.8.736Publication date: 01 February 1959
Pages738–7401. A new modification of the conventional metrazol convulsive therapy is desscribed in which the chemical action of a large dose of an analeptic upon the central nervous system is utilized without producing convulsions in any form and completely avoiding ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.8.738Publication date: 01 February 1959
Pages740–741Vesprin (oral or parenteral) is an effective phrenotropic agent in many acute and chronic psychotic cases. It is capable of restoring patients in all classifications of schizophrenia as well as in the manic-depressive, manic type groups. Because side ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.8.740Publication date: 01 February 1959
Pages744–745In this patient the symptoms occurring during periods of diminished stimulation appear to parallel those reported during experimentally produced sensory deprivation. However, her subjective feelings of isolation may also contribute to the intensity of her ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.8.744Publication date: 01 February 1959
Pages745–746In the treatment of prolonged insulin coma it is important that definitive measures are begun immediately and continued as long as necessary. Such measures, as indicated above, in our experience have brought all prolonged comas to a satisfactory ...
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