American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 117
- Number 5
- November 1960
Article
Publication date: 01 November 1960
Pages385–392In summary of the impact of contemporary changes on medical personnel and patient care: We have saluted medical-hospital staffs for what they now offer for the health and welfare of potential patients. We faced frankly the great lag between what actually ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.5.385Publication date: 01 November 1960
Pages393–4001. Urinary indole excretion of spot 14 appears to depend upon the presence of certain bacterial flora in the gut. 2. When extraction of urine for chromatographic examination is carried out at pH 2.5, there appears to be no direct relationship between the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.5.393Publication date: 01 November 1960
Pages401–4081. The steps in the separation of a factor in the serum of schizophrenic patients have been described. 2. This factor has a significant effect on metabolism as measured by lactate/pyruvate ratios in the chicken erythrocyte and the stimulation of energy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.5.401Publication date: 01 November 1960
Pages409–420Macromolecular glycolipids and glycoproteins of the nervous system itself are being investigated in terms of their chemical structure, histological localization, and physiological function. Parallel "doubleblind" clinical and quantitative neurochemical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.5.409Publication date: 01 November 1960
Pages421–4281. This report is based upon a systematic, clinical study of a group of consecutive women discharged from the hospital with the diagnosis of uncomplicated hyperemesis gravidarum compared to a group of consecutive controls selected by taking the next ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.5.421Publication date: 01 November 1960
Pages429–433On the basis of these interviews with a group of psychiatrists which can be considered, we believe, as representative of such specialists in private practice, it appears that the psychotherapeutic side of practice is mainly empirical and consists largely ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.5.429Publication date: 01 November 1960
Pages434–441The present paper has described the considerations that led to the formulation of a longitudinal study of child development. It has indicated that such study is necessary for: 1. The determination of the variables which contribute to personality formation,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.5.434Publication date: 01 November 1960
Pages453–455The double blind method would not have been useful in this study because of the frequency of extra-pyramidal side reactions, and the 10-22 year period of hospitalization of the patients with various therapy regimens. Therefore, the patients served as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.5.453Publication date: 01 November 1960
Pages457–4581. Fifty chronic schizophrenic patients with an average duration of mental illness of over 12 years and refractory to any other treatment had been treated with fluphenazine for a period of 3 to 4 months. 2. Twenty-nine patients (58%) improved and 21 (42%) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.5.457Publication date: 01 November 1960
Pages458–4591. From my results of three cases developing epileptiform seizures, out of 58 cases, which have been on the more commonly used MAO drugs, it would appear that we could expect this unwelcome reaction in about 4 or 5% of cases.
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