American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 117
- Number 9
- March 1961
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1961
Pages769–778This study demonstrates the feasibility and utility of the routine collection of diagnostic and demographic data from all psychiatric outpatient clinics serving residents of a defined geographic area. These data added to existing mental hospital figures ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.769Publication date: 01 March 1961
Pages791–797In this series, a psychotic reaction in one twin disturbed the twin relationship. When attempts of the other twin to compensate for this disturbance were not successful, an alternating psychotic reaction developed. Most often the psychoses were of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.791Publication date: 01 March 1961
Pages806–8101. Five descriptive categories of behavior in childhood have been outlined. 2. These categories have proven useful in intra-staff communication, and in the organization of work with parents. 3. These or other groupings of symptoms or behavioral features ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.806Publication date: 01 March 1961
Pages811–816The life histories of 100 young males between the ages of 14 and 19, admitted to The New York Hospital, Westchester Division from 1946 to 1956, were reviewed, with the following findings: 1. The stress of adolescence was an important precipitating factor ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.811Publication date: 01 March 1961
Pages817–821A newly organized, 550 bed hospital, rendering comprehensive, psychiatric care (day hospital, night hospital, post-hospital, pre-hospital and consultation) to residents of Dutchess County, N. Y., has been created within the 5,400 bed Hudson River State ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.817Publication date: 01 March 1961
Pages822–8241. Frequency analysis has been available for nearly 15 years, but its inherent disadvantages have limited its use in correlating the EEG with clinical data. Auto-correlation and cross-correlation techniques are more recent and hold considerable promise. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.822Publication date: 01 March 1961
Pages825–829We have demonstrated that the interaction chronograph interview provides an objective method for determining the behavioral effect of the phenothiazines in schizophrenic patients. This method then contributes in part to the solution of one of the major ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.825Publication date: 01 March 1961
Pages830–832An Attitude Toward Medication Scale was administered before and after treatment to 369 patients in a large-scale chemotherapy study. The hypothesis that the attitude of patients toward medication has an important bearing on treatment effect was not upheld ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.830Publication date: 01 March 1961
Pages832–833Mellaril was evaluated as treatment of behavior disorders in 100 epileptic patients in a study extending over a period of 3 to 10 months. Marked improvement in behavior was achieved in 61 patients and moderate improvement in another 28 patients. An ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.9.832Publication date: 01 March 1961
Pages838–839Nine placebo electroconvulsive tratments produced a definitive symptomatic remission of psychogenic amnesia in a patient diagnosed as Dissociative Reaction. The patient's closeness with the doctor, ward personnel, and ancillary therapies intensified the ...
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