American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 119
- Number 12
- June 1963
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1963
Pages1121–1134One hundred and ten letters from the founders of the American Psychiatric Association to its first secretary, and forty letters from Dr. Thomas S. Kirkbride to the founders, have been reviewed. The letters, dated from 1843 to 1865, cover the founding and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.12.1121Publication date: 01 June 1963
Pages1152–1159The most widely used drugless method of obstetrical analgesia is the psychoprophylactic method (PPM) described by Velvovski. It is an offshoot of the hypnosuggestive method (HSM). Hypnosis has been abandoned. The new method is based upon instruction in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.12.1152Publication date: 01 June 1963
Pages1169–1171Behaviour problems in 22 children were approached by group treatment of the mothers aimed at the modification of their attitude to the children. Results are better than for a matched number of children treated by orthodox play-therapy for the child and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.12.1169Publication date: 01 June 1963
Pages1173–1174Phenelzine provides effective therapy for the treatment of depressed patients, and is especially effective in patients in the older age groups. Because of its safety and lack of severe side effects, it should be used in preference to ECT, except when the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.12.1173Publication date: 01 June 1963
Pages1176–1178The clinical course of an instance of periodic psychosis in puberty is described. The findings in this and similar patients discussed in the literature indicate the existence of a psychotic syndrome in boys and girls that begins at puberty. The partial ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.12.1176Publication date: 01 June 1963
Pages1179–1180The occurrence of an acute brain syndrome with evidence of cerebellar dysfunction following the ingestion of Librium and Elavil concomitantly would seem to indicate an enhancement of the toxic effect of these drugs and would indicate extreme caution in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.12.1179Publication date: 01 June 1963
Pages1180–1181Toxic psychosis due to iodoform hypersensitivity is uncommon and is rarely recognized. It generally occurs when the drug is painted on large surfaces which allow its absorption or when iodoform gauze is used as a packing in cavities. This case showed the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.12.1180