American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 120
- Number 5
- November 1963
Article
Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages429–439Two populations of psychiatric outpatients totalling 109 were given placebos and the effect on their reported level of distress noted immediately and after 1 and 2 weeks on the placebo. Patients in both populations received special tests and measures ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.429Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages449–453This follow-up study of 179 children with school behavior problems lends support to the view that potentially delinquent children can be identified with a useful degree of accuracy but casts strong doubts on the hope that social casework services to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.449Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages454–457Rapid strides have been made in the advancement of our knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, pathology and biochemistry of the nervous system. These advances have led directly or indirectly to the eradication of some diseases of the nervous system and to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.454Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages458–464This study investigated the effects of methylphenidate administered double-blind over a 10-day period to two groups of emotionally disturbed children (total N = 81). Symptom ratings by house parents and child care workers were obtained before treatment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.458Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages465–471The longitudinal patterns of work performance of a sample of 108 male schizophrenic patients hospitalized during the years 1957 through 1959 have been described. Before the first admission, the general vocational performance can be characterized as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.465Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages472–476The incidence of hallucinations was significantly higher among Negro schizophrenics than among white schizophrenics first admitted to the state hospital system. The incidence of delusions was the same in these schizophrenic groups. The greater incidence ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.472Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages477–480Separate electrodes, firm pressure by steadying the patient's head, and adequate washing with a conducting solution of the parietal area are the 3 vital factors in achieving adequate unilateral electroconvulsive therapy. By attending to these points it ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.477Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages481–4841. Normal monkeys subjected to increasingly difficult choices between nearly equally desired food at first oscillate in their responses and then develop neurotic disturbances similar to those induced by aversive conflicts. 2. Non-aversive stresses applied ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.481Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages485–487Under double-blind conditions, the effects of trifluperidol, one of the butyrophenone derivatives, were contrasted with the effects of chlorpromazine in each of 2 groups of 18 chronic schizophrenics who had received no medications for at least 60 days. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.485Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages487–491In PST, a temporary, functional alteration of prefrontal white matter can be accomplished without anatomical changes. The results of the treatment in 258 patients with malignancies, psychoses or psychoneuroses are reported.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.487Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages494–496Desipramine, an active metabolite of imipramine, was administered to 129 patients with severe depressive disorders. The majority had a history of 1 to 4 depressive attacks. In most cases, the drug was given for 2 to 4 months in daily doses of 75 or 100 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.494Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages496–497Thioridazine by deep intramuscular injection was found to be an effective preparation for the symtomatic treatment of patients with acute alcoholism. Relief of nervous tension and anxiety and lifting of depression brought about improved cooperation, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.496Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages497–499A short clinical screen was devised for quickly assessing the value of new phenothiazine compounds in treating schizophrenia. The 3-month controlled trial utilizing chlorpromazine as the standard, embraces only patients stubbornly resistant to treatment, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.497Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages500–501Nineteen hospitalized, chronic female schizophrenics were treated with combined amitriptyline-perphenezine for a period of 12 weeks. Patients were evaluated initially and during the study in terms of standard rating scales, ward behavior, and global ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.5.500Publication date: 01 November 1963
Pages502–503Tofrānil may well have value in the treatment of depressive responses in the aged and in those with organic reactions, as Kuhn and others have suggested; but the dosage should be reduced and the patient observed for signs of delirium.
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