American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 117
- Number 12
- June 1961
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1961
Pages1057–10641. Several independent studies of untreated psychoneurotic patients have shown that between 40 and 60% of such patients recover within a few years of the first observations of their conditions. Treated and untreated patients probably recover through the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.12.1057Publication date: 01 June 1961
Pages1065–1074Indiana's 92 counties have been described in terms of certain social, cultural and economic variables. 1. Spearman Rank-Ordered Correlations of 6 of these variables justified the inclusion of 4 unit variables under a single composite category called the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.12.1065Publication date: 01 June 1961
Pages1075–1083Sixty families of chronic schizophrenic patients undergoing treatment with drugs and social therapies were studied to determine their potential role in the patients' rehabilitation and discharge. Many of these families maintained an active interest in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.12.1075Publication date: 01 June 1961
Pages1084–1087Suicidal reactions represent a complicated synthesis of mental illness and interpersonal or social-living problems. Many potentially suicidal persons can be greatly helped by appropriate psychiatric treatment. Often pre-suicidal behavior is associated ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.12.1084Publication date: 01 June 1961
Pages1088–1093Pediatric patients with neurotic and hyperkinetic reaction patterns have been treated experimentally on one of 3 schedules: (a) brief psychotherapy, (b) brief psychotherapy plus placebo, (c) brief psychotherapy plus perphenazine. Analysis of the clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.12.1088Publication date: 01 June 1961
Pages1094–1097Our results indicate that minimal results were obtained from the use of this drug in our study of 47 patients. The study has also indicated that the design and methodology used in this research provided an acceptable basis for collaboration between a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.12.1094Publication date: 01 June 1961
Pages1102–1108A mental status rating was developed incorporating two major scoring techniques: the linear scale; and categorical judgements on yes-no or multiple choices. Using this form, 50 chronic hospitalized patients (over 2 years in the State Hospital) were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.12.1102Publication date: 01 June 1961
Pages1109–11121. A day hospital was opened at the Hudson River State Hospital on July 2, 1956. 2. The day center treats seriously ill psychotic and psychoneurotic patients, including those with dangerous tendencies. 3. Since the opening, 508 patients have been admitted ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.12.1109Publication date: 01 June 1961
Pages1113–1118The analysis of early postural development and locomotion can be used as one measure of the integration of central nervous system maturation in the first 2 years of life. Using this index, involvement of the central nervous system was found in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.12.1113Publication date: 01 June 1961
Pages1120–1121It may be stated that Taractan appears helpful in patients who exhibit prominent affective components in their illness. It would seem to merit further study.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.12.1120Publication date: 01 June 1961
Pages1121–1122The effects of Pathcole on 6 acutely disturbed schizophrenic patients were studied and some temporary improvements of varying durations were observed in each patient.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.12.1121