American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 116
- Number 9
- March 1960
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1960
Pages777–781The new Act has received a warm welcome throughout the country. One reason for this is the change in public attitude. Mental disorder is much more reasonably tolerated than was the case 50 years ago and this has made many old restrictions unnecessary and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.9.777Publication date: 01 March 1960
Pages791–797In summary, may I state that, with the help of a number of foundations which have contributed a total of approximately $27,000, the first year has proved to be largely a matter of exploration rather than definition. A large number of interesting contacts ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.9.791Publication date: 01 March 1960
Pages801–806The day hospital is one of a series of experiments in devising new psychiatric treatment settings. It has been a useful and productive development. The models created in different centres differ widely in their general applicability, their clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.9.801Publication date: 01 March 1960
Pages807–809The present report refers to 60 cases seen in the first 15 months of a small Home Treatment Service. The doctor, accompanied by a social worker, functions as a general practitioner-psychiatrist, working primarily in the home and collaborating directly ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.9.807Publication date: 01 March 1960
Pages825–827The predominating symptoms of the patients I have been describing have been accompanied by anxiety and they have served the function of protecting them from further developments of their psychoses. These are the patients whom a descriptive psychiatrist ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.9.825Publication date: 01 March 1960
Pages828–833In this article the relationship of the hospital psychiatrist and the agencies requesting information and/or recommendations concerning patients has been examined. Two questions immediately arose: 1. Whose agent is the psychiatrist? and 2. Is he oriented ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.9.828Publication date: 01 March 1960
Pages834–837The Georgia Department of Public Health, in cooperation with the Milledgeville State Hospital,4 initiated a program of supportive services by public health nurses to mental hospital patients and their families in January, 1953. This program was not ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.9.834Publication date: 01 March 1960
Pages838–839Trifluoperazine is considered to be of limited usefulness and considerable toxicity in an elderly female population. The 8 patients with increased muscular rigidity having 4 of their number improved by Stelazine should be contrasted with the absence of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.9.838Publication date: 01 March 1960
Pages839–840The coma produced with the divided insulin doses did not occur earlier and was not deeper than that produced by the single dose. The increased effort in divided dose schedules is justified neither by increased safety nor by increased depth or duration of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.9.839Publication date: 01 March 1960
Pages843–844Based on the work of Elkes and Shore, Sernyl appears to exert its action by the release of adrenaline and noradrenaline in association with the depression of the availability of serotonin in the brain. This is consistent with Brodie's hypothesis(1) that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.9.843Publication date: 01 March 1960
Pages845–846Two hundred and forty-five patients who had been on chlorpromazine medication for two or more years were evaluated hematologically, including platelet estimations. Only one case was found with a relatively low platelet count coincidental with leukopenia ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.9.845Publication date: 01 March 1960
Pages848–849Marplan is a safe, effective drug in the treatment of depressive states. Good to excellent results were obtained in 70% of a series of 100 hospitalized patients suffering from depressive illnesses. Complications or side effects are minor.
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