American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 116
- Number 11
- May 1960
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1960
Pages961–972It is generally accepted that intelligence in the general population, and high-grade mental deficiency, are largely determined by the cumulative effects of polygenes. Simple Mendelian inheritance is well established as causative of certain forms of (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.11.961Publication date: 01 May 1960
Pages993–1000A description has been given of a rehabilitation research project for chronic disturbed schizophrenic patients who had been hospitalized on the average for about 7 years. In the experimental group a modification was seen in many of the accessory symptoms ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.11.993Publication date: 01 May 1960
Pages1001–1008My thesis is that the more related the replication is to the sense data, the lower is the order of symbolization. Consequently, irrespective of the complexity and meanings of the subject matter, as perfection in rendition is accomplished, the lower the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.11.1001Publication date: 01 May 1960
Pages1009–1017This is a preliminary, exploratory, pilot investigation and the data have not been evaluated by objective methods. Although it would be difficult to do this, we plan to make the attempt.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.11.1009Publication date: 01 May 1960
Pages1018–1020A preliminary study of 6 kittens and 6 rhesus monkeys, approximately two years old, indicated that: 1. The kittens as compared to older cats adapted less well to laboratory routine and learned tasks of lever-pressing and audiovisual discrimination more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.11.1018Publication date: 01 May 1960
Pages1024–10261. One hundred chronic anergic schizophrenics refractory to all previous therapy had been treated with trifluoperazine over a period of 3 to 12 months. 2. Twenty-one patients improved sufficiently well to be released from the hospital for convalescent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.11.1024Publication date: 01 May 1960
Pages1029–1030Moderate to marked improvement in psychomotor behavior was obtained with Mellaril in 17 of the 22 cases in this series. In addition, there was complete elimination of extrapyramidal activity in 15 of 18 patients who had manifested Parkinsonian symptoms ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.11.1029Publication date: 01 May 1960
Pages1030–1031Thalidomide is an effective agent for the treatment of insomnia with a safety factor which makes its use desirable when there is danger that accidental or deliberate overdosage may occur.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.11.1030Publication date: 01 May 1960
Pages1032-a–1033A case is presented in which a patient complained bitterly of blurring of vision when coming in from out of doors while receiving Mellaril and after having received approximately 30 grams of Mellaril over a period of 2½ months. The visual complaint ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.11.1032-a