American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 116
- Number 8
- February 1960
Article
Publication date: 01 February 1960
Pages695–704Although more than a thousand related articles were reviewed in our literature survey, no references were ever found in them or in their bibliographies crossing from one level, say the neurophysiology of the cell, to another, such as group psychology. In ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.8.695BRAIN DAMAGE FROM CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM: THE DIAGNOSIS OF INTERMEDIATE STAGE OF ALCOHOLIC BRAIN DISEASE
Publication date: 01 February 1960
Pages705–711This study indicates the presence of a syndrome of an intermediate stage of alcoholic brain disease, midway between the acute and the chronic stages. In the intermediate stage the EEG changes, the clinical findings and the psychological test data lead to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.8.705Publication date: 01 February 1960
Pages723–728To recapitulate, the necessity for adequate planning is justified not only by current scientific knowledge that indicates its validity, but also by the practical necessity for making the most efficient use of any and all available resources. When we total ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.8.723Publication date: 01 February 1960
Pages729–736A method is given here where increasing doses of chlorpromazine are given to all groups of schizophrenics, reaching a peak level of 2100 mgs. per day for one week. This dosage is decreased and after assessment a maintenance level of chlorpromazine is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.8.729Publication date: 01 February 1960
Pages737–7421. Three cases of sexual deviation are reported in which a return to normal heterosexual behavior followed the development of assertive behavior on the part of the patients. Follow-up inquiries 3 to 6 years later showed that the patients had maintained ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.8.737Publication date: 01 February 1960
Pages744–745The rapid and dramatic response of schizophrenic patients to treatment with the phenothiazines has resulted in a tendency to discard reserpine as a chemotherapeutic agent in this illness. Our experience suggests that there is a place in the therapeutic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.8.744Publication date: 01 February 1960
Pages746–747This article being mainly about the side effects of phenelzine sulphate, its value as an anti-depressant agent is not discussed. Risk of hepatotoxic effects of this drug is worth keeping in mind as 7 out of 13 cases showed some abnormality of liver ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.8.746Publication date: 01 February 1960
Pages748–749For both the OT and ward evaluations, the scores used were the combination of the ratings by the pairs of raters. In the OT setting both drug and placebo groups showed a consistent trend toward improvement as might be expected from adaptation to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.8.748Publication date: 01 February 1960
Pages749–750Owing to the small number of cases treated so far, no firm conclusions can be drawn. The drug when administered intravenously produces sleep very rapidly which lasts for a few minutes only, thus necessitating frequent injections or recourse to an ...
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