American Journal of Psychiatry
- Volume 120
- Number 9
- March 1964
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1964
Pages861–869Clinical. 1. Two hundred psychiatric patients were treated with chlorpromazine from the start of an initial trial of the drug in 1953 and followed until they had a remission, discontinued, or continued in maintenance therapy. Efficacy in the series ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.861Publication date: 01 March 1964
Pages870–874A series of 103 patients with psychoneurotic or psychotic disorders, most of whom had been under treatment for a long period, were given diazepam (Valium) for periods ranging up to a year. The usual dosage was 5 mg. t.i.d. but the daily intake was adapted ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.870Publication date: 01 March 1964
Pages875–877Considering the 87 cases without epilepsy or deterioration, we have found an abnormal or borderline EEG in 55% of this series of psychopathic personality. The type of abnomality is not specific, but has been seen in post-traumatic cases, adolescents and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.875Publication date: 01 March 1964
Pages878–881A study of 117 patients with "organic brain" syndrome seen in consultation over a 4-year period indicated that this syndrome is associated with a poor prognosis. A high mortality rate, frequent subsequent psychiatric hospitalization, and frequent dementia ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.878Publication date: 01 March 1964
Pages882–886This study reports on the clinical experience with a group of mothers with were unique. 2. The patients encouraged infanticidal impulses. The 4 shared, biographical characteristics found were: 1. They have strong feelings of resentment toward their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.882Publication date: 01 March 1964
Pages887–889Since the military health record is a permanent one which has many uses and which will go through many hands, the question of what the psychiatrist should record is an important one. This article has discussed a rationale for psychiatric recordkeeping ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.887Publication date: 01 March 1964
Pages890–893We have described briefly some results of an experiment in which a patient-centered nursing approach was found to be effective in helping patients being admitted to a mental hospital. We believe admission is a crucial time for the patient, and therefore a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.890Publication date: 01 March 1964
Pages897–899The evaluation of antidepressant medication in an office practice setting is complicated by the somewhat unpredictable course of the illness, the long time interval before medications can become effective, and by the difficulty in weighing subjective ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.897Publication date: 01 March 1964
Pages899–900The value of phenoxypropazine in reactive depressions with prominent anxiety was investigated by comparing the effect of phenoxypropazine plus chlordiazepoxide with that of chlordiazepoxide alone on 60 outpatients. The outcome of patients on the combined ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.899Publication date: 01 March 1964
Pages900–902This study indicates that Quide is a useful addition to the armamentarium of the physician faced with the difficult problem of treating the chronic hospitalized patient with a schizophrenic illness. Side effects of the drug were generally mild, and there ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.900Publication date: 01 March 1964
Pages903–904Evaluation of the scales on severity of convulsions revealed a significant difference between anectine-Na pentothal on the one hand and diazepam and placebo on the other hand. Even with the highest doses of diazepam, the convulsions were as severe as with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.9.903Publication date: 01 March 1964
Pages905–906Our conclusion is that methotrimeprazine is clinically useful in controlling marked disturbances of behavior in psychotic patients when administered muscularly. It is more hypnotic than chlorpromazine, and it is possibly less anti-psy-chotic. But it is ...
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