American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 117
- Number 2
- August 1960
Article
Publication date: 01 August 1960
Pages97–105Six hundred forty newly-admitted schizophrenic men in 35 VA hospitals were randomly assigned to chlorpromazine, triflupromazine, mepazine, prochlorperazine, perphenazine and phenobarbital groups. Treatment followed a double blind procedure for 12 weeks. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.2.97Publication date: 01 August 1960
Pages118–1191. If sufficient medical care is provided, compounds on which adequate animal toxicity studies have been done, do not appear to involve hazards in clinical trials. This conclusion is based on 93 drugs evaluated over a 4-year period in 1,704 patients; 84 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.2.118Publication date: 01 August 1960
Pages120–124Our results show that the mental and physical functional status of institutionalized aged persons are highly interrelated. The relationship is seen within each of the 3 types of institutions studied, and for all age groups. In the different types of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.2.120Publication date: 01 August 1960
Pages125–132One hundred thirty-two cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis from a patient population of 10,500 in 5 state hospitals were studied. Seventy-one of these were from the Mayview State Hospital servicing Pittsburgh. Biostatistically consistent comparisons ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.2.125Publication date: 01 August 1960
Pages133–139The study was designed to test the hypothesis that observed variations between psychiatrists, with respect to diagnostic judgment, reflected a tendency on the part of the psychiatrists to attribute to his client some of the psychiatrist's own personality ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.2.133Publication date: 01 August 1960
Pages154–155The Funkenstein test was given to 132 patients newly admitted to a large state hospital. It was concluded that the test probably is capable of giving valuable prognostic information about such patients. The possibility that it gives an indication of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.2.154Publication date: 01 August 1960
Page156It is recommended that in evaluating any new drug with regard to possible liver damage, serial estimations of serum proteins by electrophoretic methods be employed.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.2.156Publication date: 01 August 1960
Pages157–159Fluphenazine is a highly potent psychopharmacologic agent which is effective in controlling behavioral symptoms in chronic psychotic patients with the most pronounced changes manifested in reduced agitation and tension and improved socialization; the drug ...
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