American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 119
- Number 3
- September 1962
Article
Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages203–2061. Butyrylperazine was administered to 20 patients at Manhattan State Hospital, New York City, and 26 patients at the University Psychiatric Clinic of Erlangen, West Germany. 2. There were significant differences between both groups in (a) dosage ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.203Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages207–209This report suggests that there are gross constellations of mental disorder psychiatrists routinely identify with consistency, using the current standard psychiatric nomenclature. Striking similarity in the frequency with which diagnostic categories ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.207Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages210–216Pertinent systematic studies of the reliability of psychiatric diagnosis were critically examined. It was pointed out that each of these studies presented certain methodological problems which made their findings inconclusive. An experimental design was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.210Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages222–227The authors interviewed 185 individuals at 11 army posts to gather data on performance level of 13 soldiers who developed overtly schizophrenic psychoses after at least one year of service in the army. The level of work performance and the development of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.222Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages228–232Two important findings emerge from this study of 100 children and adolescents who attempted suicide. The first is the association between attempted suicide and family disorganization. This has been demonstrated for adults by Batchelor and Napier who ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.228Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages237–240Thirty alcoholic and 30 non-alcoholic Patients were evaluated to determine past serious suicidal preoccupation or previous suicidal attempts. These data were correlated with the total number of automobile accidents for which the patient was responsible. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.237Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages241–245Systematic desensitization is an effective therapeutic technique for some schizophrenic subjects. This neither refutes nor supports Wolpe's statement that psychosis is due to biochemical or physiological changes. It simply reaffirms that all learned ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.241Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages246–250When the physically handicapped patient continuously fails to achieve his goal, a growing state of stress and disorganization reflected in ineffective and inappropriate behavior results. Therapeutic conditions favorably influence behavior by affecting the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.246Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages258–259Evidence has been presented to suggest that a significantly high proportion of a group of schizophrenic patients showed clinical evidence of a psychiatric disorder while in military service prior to the onset of the obvious schizophrenic illness. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.258Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages259–260This study of 172 Funkenstein tests administered to 48 newly admitted female schizophrenics and scored by 4 methods echoes the sentiment expressed by most authors in recent years, i.e., the Funkenstein test offers little in the way of predicting the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.259Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages262–263Attention is drawn to the occasional appearance of Korsakov's psychosis immediately after a convulsive seizure in chronic alcoholics and to the possibility that withdrawal fits may contribute to the dementia seen in some chronic alcoholics. The routine ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.262Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages263–265No vertebral compression fractures occurred among 43 female schizophrenics treated by "glissando" ECT when they were laid on a rigid surface (group X). Four compression fractures occurred among a comparable group of patients treated on a sponge rubber pad ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.263Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages267–268A case of mania associated with Cushing's syndrome is reported, the first such case reported. The infrequent incidence of mania with Cushing's syndrome may be related to the slowness of change usually seen with this illness which allows for development of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.3.267Publication date: 01 September 1962
Pages269–270Case material presented indicates that imipramine provides a simple and effective method for the control of enuresis. On the basis of this and other reports, further clinical trails are warranted.
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