American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 117
- Number 4
- October 1960
Article
Publication date: 01 October 1960
Pages314–318In this paper, a clearer picture of severe chronic scrupulosity as a pathological condition is presented. Children actually referred to a child guidance clinic for their scrupulosity are seriously disturbed. What became clear to us was that the scrupulous ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.4.314Publication date: 01 October 1960
Pages323–325Some psychological effects of isolated group living in the Antarctic are described. It would appear that the cold, danger, and hardship are not major stresses. The most important psychological stresses appear to be: First, the problem of individual ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.4.323Publication date: 01 October 1960
Pages326–3281. Data are presented on a random sample of 1,077 persons residing in homes for the aged, nursing homes and state hospitals in New York City, who were 65 years of age or over at the time of first admission. Each person was examined by a psychiatrist using ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.4.326Publication date: 01 October 1960
Pages329–335The present day concept in nursing service administration is to demonstrate administrative functions that will provide therapeutic and satisfying situations for patients and personnel. Administration is the management or guidance of an organization for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.4.329Publication date: 01 October 1960
Pages336–341I have tried to show how a public hospital can give the high quality of care given by private residential centers. Except for our plan of having the child live with his family each weekend, there are no new concepts of care but rather an application of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.4.336Publication date: 01 October 1960
Pages342–345The foregoing investigation demonstrates that the SCC injection causes relaxation lasting for a variable time depending upon the EST technic used. With the classic AC treatment the interim begins 20 seconds following the appearance of perioral ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.4.342Publication date: 01 October 1960
Pages348–353We were not able to demonstrate significant trends or relationships between the onset and course of the disease on the one hand, and the present status on the other, in a group of schizophrenics, many of whom might be classified as chronics. Age at ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.4.348Publication date: 01 October 1960
Pages356–358Imipramine (Tofrānil) therapy and artificial pyrexia obtained through the intravenous administration of typhoid vaccine in gradually increasing amounts were combined in the therapeutic management of special clinical problems encountered in depressed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.4.356Publication date: 01 October 1960
Pages358–360Of 25 chronic schizophrenics in each group on perphenazine and proketazine, 11 patients on each drug showed improvement. The patients with delusions, hallucinations and hyperactivity had the maximal benefit from these psychoinhibiting drugs. Of 25 chronic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.4.358Publication date: 01 October 1960
Pages364–365The combination of a very potent tranquilizer and an energizer was tried on 25 chronic regressed, withdrawn, patients with various diagnoses. Eight of the patients had to be dropped from the study because of complications. The results of the present pilot ...
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